HMS Arethusa (1849)

The Arethusa Training-Ship for Boys, at Greenhithe, 1875
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Arethusa
Ordered	19 February 1844
Builder	Pembroke Dockyard
Laid down	30 March 1846
Launched	20 June 1849
Completed	20 March 1850
Reclassified	Training ship in 1874
Fate	Sold on 2 August 1933 Broken up in 1934
General characteristics as sailing frigate
Class and type	Constance-class frigate
Tons burthen	2,125 75⁄94 bm
Length	180 ft (55 m) (gundeck) 146 ft 10.25 in (44.76 m) (keel)
Beam	52 ft 8 in (16.05 m)
Depth of hold	16 ft 3 in (4.95 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Crew	500
Armament	Upper deck: 28 × 32-pounders (10 × 32-pounders later replaced by 10 × 8in/68-pounder shell guns) Quarterdeck: 14 × 32-pounders Forecastle: 8 × 32-pounders
General characteristics as screw frigate
Displacement	3,708 tons
Tons burthen	3,142 33⁄94 bm
Length	252 ft 4 in (76.91 m) (gundeck) 217 ft 1 in (66.17 m) (keel)
Beam	52 ft 8 in (16.05 m)
Draught	20 ft 8 in (6.30 m) (forward) 23 ft 6 in (7.16 m) (aft)
Depth of hold	17 ft 1 in (5.21 m)
Installed power	3,165 ihp (2,360 kW)
Propulsion	Trunked engine, with surface condensers Cylinders 80in diam. 42in stroke
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Speed	11.704 knots (21.68 km/h; 13.47 mph)
Crew	525
Armament	Middle deck: 30 × 8in shell Upper deck: 20 × 32-pounders + 1 × 68-pounder on pivot

HMS Arethusa was a 50-gun fourth-rate sailing frigate of the Royal Navy launched in 1849 from the Pembroke Dockyard. The fourth naval ship to bear the name, she served in the Crimean War and then in 1861 was converted to a steam screw frigate. Decommissioned in 1874, Arethusa became a school and training ship on the River Thames, preparing young boys for maritime careers, until she was broken up in 1934.