HMS Pactolus (1813)

Drawing of the profile of the Pactolus, from the archives of the Royal Museums Greenwich
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Pactolus
Ordered	16 November 1812
Builder	Mrs Frances Barnard, Deptford
Laid down	January 1813
Launched	14 August 1813
Completed	By 30 October 1813
Fate	Sold to be broken up in January 1818
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Cydnus-class fifth-rate frigate
Tons burthen	1,06588⁄94 (bm)
Length	150 ft 2+3⁄4 in (45.8 m) (overall) 125 ft 6+1⁄8 in (38.3 m) (keel)
Beam	39 ft 11+1⁄2 in (12.2 m)
Depth of hold	12 ft 9+1⁄2 in (3.9 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	315
Armament	Upper deck: 28 × 18-pounder guns QD: 14 × 32-pounder carronades Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns + 2 × 32-pounder carronades

HMS Pactolus was one of eight 38-gun Cydnus-class fifth-rate frigates of the Royal Navy, that served in the Napoleonic wars and the War of 1812. She was one of the warships that bombarded Stonington, Connecticut, from 9 to 12 August 1814. Pactolus was paid off in August 1817 and sold in 1818.