HMS Grampus (1802)

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

H.M.S. Grampus lying off Deptford Creek, Greenwich
History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Grampus
Ordered9 December 1790
BuilderPortsmouth Dockyard
Laid downOctober 1792
Launched20 March 1802
CommissionedMarch 1803
Renamed
  • Built as Tiger
  • Renamed Grampus on 4 March 1802
FateSold in late 1832
General characteristics
Class and typeDiomede-class ship of the line
Tons burthen1,114 31⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • 151 ft (46.0 m) (gundeck)
  • 124 ft 7+1⁄2 in (38.0 m) (keel)
Beam41 ft 10+1⁄2 in (12.8 m)
Depth of hold17 ft 8 in (5.4 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement343
Armament
  • Lower gundeck: 22 × 24-pounder guns
  • Upper gundeck: 22 × 12-pounder guns
  • QD: 4 × 6-pounder guns
  • Fc: 2 × 6-pounder guns

HMS Grampus was a 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line of the Diomede class of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1802