HMS Termagant (1796)

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

History
Great Britain
NameHMS Termagant
Ordered24 January 1795
BuilderJohn Dudman, Deptford
Laid downMay 1795
Launched23 April 1796
Honours and
awards		Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Egypt"[1]
FateSold for breaking up on 3 February 1819
General characteristics [2]
Class and type
Tons burthen4273⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • 110 ft 2 in (33.58 m) (gundeck)
  • 90 ft 8+1⁄2 in (27.648 m) (keel)
Beam29 ft 9 in (9.07 m)
Depth of hold8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement121
Armament
  • As built
  • Gundeck: 18 ×  6-pounder guns
  • QD: 6 ×  12-pounder carronades
  • Fc: 2 ×  12-pounder carronades
  • After rearmament
  • Gundeck: 18 ×  32-pounder carronades
  • QD: 6 ×  12-pounder carronades
  • Fc: 2 ×  12-pounder carronades + 2 ×  6-pounder guns

HMS Termagant was an 18-gun sloop of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1796 and sold in 1819.

  1. ^ "No. 21077". The London Gazette. 15 March 1850. pp. 791–792.
  2. ^ Winfield (2008), p. 255.