HMS Carysfort (1836)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Carysfort.

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Carysfort
Ordered29 June 1831
BuilderPembroke Dock
Laid downSeptember 1832
Launched12 August 1836
Decommissioned1847
FateSold 1861
General characteristics
Class and type26-gun sixth-rate frigate
Tons burthen925 bm
Length
  • 130 ft (39.6 m) (gundeck)
  • 105 ft 10.125 in (32.3 m) (keel)
Beam40 ft 5.875 in (12.3 m)
Depth of hold11 ft (3.4 m)
PropulsionSails
Complement240
Armament
  • UD: 18 × 32-pounder guns
  • QD: 6 × 32-pounder gunnades
  • Fc: 2 × 32-pounder gunnades

HMS Carysfort was a sixth-rate sailing frigate of the Royal Navy, launched in 1836 and named for the Earl of Carysfort, who had been a former (civilian) Lord of the Admiralty.[1] Her captain, Lord George Paulet, occupied the Hawaiian Islands for five months in 1843. She was decommissioned in 1847 and finally broken up in 1861.

  1. ^ J. J. Colledge and Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy (Revised ed.). London: Chatham. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.