HMS Conway (1814)

Conway
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Conway
Namesake	Conwy
Ordered	18 January 1813
Builder	John Pelham, Frindsbury
Laid down	May 1813
Launched	10 March 1814
Fate	Sold 1825
United Kingdom
Name	Toward Castle
Namesake	Castle Toward
Owner	1825: Smith & Co. 1828: Birnie
Acquired	in 1825 by purchase
Fate	Wrecked 1838
General characteristics
Class and type	Conway-class sixth-rate post ship
Tons burthen	451, or 45125⁄94,[1] or 45148⁄94,[2] or 452 (bm)
Length	Overall:108 ft 2 in (33.0 m) Keel:89 ft 9+1⁄4 in (27.4 m)
Beam	30 ft 9 in (9.4 m)
Depth of hold	9 ft 1 in (2.8 m)
Sail plan	Schooner
Complement	50
Armament	Upper deck: 18 × 32-pounder carronades QD: 6 × 12-pounder carronades Fc: 6 × 6-pounder chase guns + 2 × 12-pounder carronades

HMS Conway was a Royal Navy sixth-rate post ship launched in 1814 as the lead ship of her class. The Royal Navy sold her in 1825 and she became the merchantman Toward Castle, and then a whaler. She was lost in 1838 off Baja California while well into her third whaling voyage.