HMS North Star (1810)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS North Star.

North Star
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS North Star
NamesakeThe North Star
Ordered19 October 1805
BuilderBenjamin Tanner, Dartmouth (completed by John Cock after Tanner's bankruptcy)
Laid downMay 1806
Launched21 April 1810
FateSold 1817
United Kingdom
NameColumbo
NamesakeColombo
OwnerJoad & Co.[1]
Acquired1817 by purchase[1]
FateCondemned 1822
General characteristics [2]
Class and typeRevived Cormorant-class sloop
Tons burthen43328⁄94 or 43820⁄94,[1] or 440[3] (bm)
Length
  • Overall:108 ft 4+5⁄8 in (33.0 m), or 112 ft 10 in (34.4 m)[1]
  • Keel:90 ft 0+1⁄8 in (27.4 m)
Beam30 ft 1 in (9.2 m), or 30 ft 3 in (9.2 m)[1]
Depth of hold9 ft 0 in (2.7 m)
Complement121 (Royal Navy)
Armament
  • Upper deck:16 × 32-pounder carronades
  • QD:6 × 18-pounder carronades
  • Fc:2 × 6-pounder chase guns + 2 × 18-pounder carronades

HMS North Star was a ship launched in 1810 and spent much of her naval career on the Jamaica Station. The Navy sold her in 1817 and she became the merchantman Columbo. Columbo sailed between Britain and India under a license from the British East India Company (EIC) until she was damaged in 1822 while returning from Ceylon. She was condemned at Point de Galle and sold there for breaking up.

  1. ^ a b c d e Hackman (2001), p. 264.
  2. ^ Winfield (2008), p. 260.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference LR1818 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).