HMS Apollo (1794)

The Apollo frigate going before the wind
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Apollo
Ordered	28 March 1793
Builder	Perry & Hankey, Blackwall
Laid down	March 1793
Launched	18 March 1794
Completed	23 September 1794 at Woolwich Dockyard
Commissioned	August 1794
Fate	Wrecked on 7 January 1799
General characteristics
Class and type	38-gun Artois-class fifth rate frigate
Tons burthen	994 12⁄94 (bm)
Length	146 ft 3 in (44.6 m) (overall) 121 ft 10 in (37.1 m) (keel)
Beam	39 ft 2 in (11.9 m)
Depth of hold	13 ft 9 in (4.19 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	270
Armament	Upper deck (UD): 28 × 18-pounder guns QD: 2 × 9-pounder guns + 12 × 32-pounder carronades Fc: 2 × 9-pounder bow chasers + 2 × 32-pounder carronades.

HMS Apollo, the third ship of the Royal Navy to be named for the Greek god Apollo, was a 38-gun Artois-class fifth rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She served during the French Revolutionary Wars, but her career ended after just four years in service when she was wrecked on the Haak sands off the Dutch coast.