HMS Blonde (1819)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Blonde and HMS Calypso.

HMS Blonde, by Robert Dampier, 1825
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Blonde
Ordered11 December 1812
BuilderDeptford Dockyard
Laid downMarch 1816
Launched12 January 1819
Completed1824
RenamedHMS Calypso on 9 March 1870
ReclassifiedReceiving ship in November 1850
FateSold on 28 February 1895
General characteristics
Class and type46-gun modified Apollo-class fifth-rate frigate
Tons burthen1,103 bm
Length
  • 155 ft (47.2 m) (overall)
  • 131 ft 9 in (40.2 m) (keel)
Beam39 ft 8 in (12.1 m)
Depth of hold13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement315
Armament
  • Upper deck: 28 × 18-pounders
  • Quarter deck: 14 × 32-pounder carronades
  • Forecastle: 2 × 9-pounders + 2 × 32-pounder carronades
Plan of the Blonde dated 1819

HMS Blonde was a 46-gun modified Apollo-class fifth-rate frigate of 1,103 tons burthen. She undertook an important voyage to the Pacific Ocean in 1824. She was used for harbour service from 1850 and was renamed HMS Calypso in 1870, before being sold in 1895.[1]

  1. ^ Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.