HMS Calypso (1783)

HMS Calypso
History
United Kingdom
Name	Calypso
Ordered	28 December 1781
Builder	Edward Graves, Deptford, London
Laid down	May 1782
Launched	27 September 1783
Commissioned	1 December 1783
Fate	Sunk in collision 30 July 1803
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Echo-class sloop-of-war
Tons burthen	3422⁄94 (bm)
Length	101 ft 6 in (30.9 m)(gundeck) 83 ft 7 in (25.5 m)(keel)
Beam	27 ft 9 in (8.5 m)
Draught	6 ft 9 in (2.1 m) (unladen); 9 ft 9 in (3.0 m) (laden)
Depth of hold	12 ft 10+2⁄3 in (3.9 m)
Sail plan	Brig-rigged
Complement	Originally:125 1794 on:121
Armament	Upper Deck: 16 × 6-pounder guns QD: 4 × 12-pounder carronades Fc: 2 × 12-pounder carronades

HMS Calypso was a Royal Navy Echo-class ship-sloop. She was built at Deptford between 1781 and 1783, launched on 27 September 1783 and first commissioned on 1 December 1783 for service off Northern Ireland and Scotland. She served in the North Sea, Atlantic, and the West Indies. Calypso sank whilst acting as a convoy escort on 30 July 1803 after colliding with a West Indiaman merchant ship during a violent storm.