HMS Gorgon (1785)

Gorgon
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Gorgon
Namesake	Gorgon
Ordered	19 June 1782
Builder	Perry & Hankey, Blackwall Yard
Laid down	December 1782
Launched	27 January 1785
Completed	15 December 1787 at Portsmouth Dockyard
Honours and awards	Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Egypt"[1]
Fate	Broken up, February 1817
General characteristics [2]
Tons burthen	896+54⁄94 tons bm (as designed)
Length	140 ft (43 m) (gundeck) 115 ft 2+1⁄2 in (35.12 m) (keel)
Beam	38 ft 3 in (11.66 m)
Depth of hold	16 ft 10 in (5.13 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	300 (294 from 1794)
Armament	Lower deck: 20 ×  18-pounder guns Upper deck: 22 ×  12-pounder guns Fc: 2 ×  6-pounder guns

HMS Gorgon was a 44-gun fifth-rate two-decker ship of the Adventure class of 911 tons, launched at Blackwall Yard in 1785 and completed as a troopship. She was subsequently converted to a storeship. She also served as a guardship and a hospital ship at various times before being broken up in 1817.