HMS Hecate (1809)

Hecate
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Hecate
NamesakeHecate
BuilderJohn King, Upnor[2]
Launched1809
Commissioned1809
Decommissioned1817
Honors and
awards
Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Java"[1]
FateSold October 1817
Chilean EnsignChile
NameGalvarino
NamesakeGalvarino
Acquired1818
FateBroken up, 1828
General characteristics [2]
Class and typeCruizer-class brig-sloop
Tons burthen384 7094 (bm)
Length100 ft 6 in (30.6 m) o/a; 770 ft 4 in (234.8 m) (keel)
Beam30 ft 6 in (9.3 m)
Depth of hold12 ft 9 in (3.9 m)
Sail planBrig
Complement121
Armament

HMS Hecate was a Royal Navy 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop, built by John King at Upnor and launched in 1809. After serving in the British Navy, essentially entirely in the East Indies, she served in the Chilean Navy as Galvarino from 1818 until she was broken up in 1828.

  1. ^ "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 244.
  2. ^ a b Winfield (2008), pp. 300–301.