HMS Boreas (1806)

HMS Boreas
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Boreas
Ordered	30 January 1805
Builder	Stone, Great Yarmouth
Laid down	June 1805
Launched	2 June 1806
Completed	16 November 1806 at Chatham Dockyard
Fate	Wrecked 28 November 1807
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	22-gun Laurel-class sixth-rate post ship
Tons burthen	52626⁄94 (bm)
Length	118 ft 0 in (36.0 m) (overall)
Beam	31 ft 7+3⁄4 in (9.6 m)
Depth of hold	10 ft 3 in (3.12 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	155
Armament	As built: Upper deck (UD): 22 × 9-pounder guns QD: 6 × 24-pounder carronades Fc: 2 × 6-pounder chase guns + 2 × 24-pounder carronades Later rearmed: UD: 22 × 32-pounder carronades QD: 6 × 18-pounder carronades Fc: 2 × 6-pounder chase guns + 2 × 18-pounder carronades

HMS Boreas was a Laurel-class 22-gun post ship launched in 1806. She was wrecked off Guernsey in the Channel Islands on 28 November 1807 with the loss of most of her crew of 154 men.