HMS Calliope (1837)

Calliope at Garden Reach, Calcutta in 1841, by Lieutenant Francis Meynell R.N.
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Calliope
Ordered29 October 1830[1]
BuilderSheerness Dockyard[1]
Cost£17,882 including fitting
Laid downJanuary 1831[1]
Launched5 October 1837[1]
Commissioned10 October 1837[1]
FateBroken up at Plymouth in November 1883[1]
General characteristics
Class and typeAndromache-class sixth-rate frigate (later "corvette")
Tons burthen720 34/94 bm[1]
Length
  • 130 ft 2 in (39.7 m) (gundeck)
  • 109 ft 3 in (33.3 m) (keel)[1]
Beam35 ft 5.5 in (10.8 m)[1]
Depth of hold10 ft 7 in (3.2 m)[1]
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement175[1]
Armament
  • Upperdeck: 20 × 32-pdr gunnades
  • Quarterdeck: 6 × 32-pdr gunnades
  • Foc's'le: 2 × 32-pdr gunnades[1]

HMS Calliope was a 28-gun sixth rate launched in October 1837 and broken up in November 1883.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Winfield (2004) p.114