HMS Amphion (1846)

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Amphion in 1848
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Amphion
Ordered	13 May 1828 (as sail frigate) 18 June 1844 (as screw frigate)
Builder	Woolwich Dockyard Machinery by Miller, Ravenhill & Co
Laid down	15 April 1840
Launched	14 January 1846
Commissioned	13 May 1847
Renamed	Ordered as HMS Ambuscade, renamed HMS Amphion on 31 March 1831
Fate	Sold for breaking up on 12 October 1863
General characteristics as built
Class and type	36-gun frigate
Tons burthen	1474 bm
Length	177 ft (53.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam	43 ft 2 in (13.2 m)
Draught	19 ft 2 in (5.8 m)
Propulsion	2-cylinder (48in diam., 48in stroke) horizontal single expansion, direct acting engine Single screw 300 nhp (592 ihp)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Speed	6.75 knots (12.5 km/h)
Complement	320
Armament	36 guns Middle deck: 6 × 8in (65cwt) shell guns + 14 × 32-pounder (56cwt) Upper deck: 2 × 68-pounder 95 cwt + 14 × 32-pounder (42cwt)

HMS Amphion was a 36-gun wooden hulled screw frigate of the Royal Navy. She was initially ordered as a sail powered ship, but later reordered as a prototype screw frigate conversion.