HMS Actaeon (1831)

Actaeon a plan signed by Richard Blake (Master Shipwright, Portsmouth Dockyard, 1835-1844).
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Actaeon
Ordered23 October 1827
BuilderPortsmouth Dockyard
Laid downSeptember 1828
Launched31 January 1831
Commissioned16 April 1831
Reclassified
FateSold for breaking up in February 1889
General characteristics
Class and typeSixth-rate frigate
Tons burthen620 bm
Length
  • 121 ft 6 in (37.03 m) (overall)
  • 100 ft 4 in (30.58 m) (keel)
Beam34 ft (10.4 m)
Draught9 ft 7 in (2.92 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement175
Armament
  • 26 guns
  • Upper deck: 20 × 32-pounder gunnades
  • Quarter deck: 4 × 32-pounder carronades
  • Forecastle: 2 × 9-pounder (or 2 × 32-pounder carronades)

HMS Actaeon was a 26-gun sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy.