HMS Cambrian (1797)

View of the hull of Cambrian
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Cambrian
Ordered	30 April 1795
Builder	George Parsons, Bursledon
Laid down	September 1795
Launched	13 February 1797
Completed	By 16 June 1797
Honours and awards	Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Navarino"[1]
Fate	Wrecked on 31 January 1828
General characteristics
Class and type	40-gun fifth-rate frigate
Tons burthen	1,16114⁄94 (bm)
Length	154 ft (46.9 m) (gundeck) 128 ft 5+1⁄4 in (39.1 m) (keel)
Beam	41 ft 3 in (12.6 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	320
Armament	As built Gun deck: 28 × 24-pounder guns QD: 8 × 9-pounder guns + 6 × 32-pounder carronades Fc: 4 × 9-pounder guns + 2 × 32-pounder carronades From 1799 6 × 9-pounder guns replaced by 32-pounder carronades 24-pounders replaced by lighter version From 1805 24-pounder guns replaced by 18-pounder guns From 1807 Gun deck: 28 × 18-pounder guns QD: 2 × 9-pounder guns + 12 × 32-pounder carronades Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns + 2 × 32-pounder carronades

HMS Cambrian was a Royal Navy 40-gun fifth-rate frigate. She was built and launched at Bursledon in 1797 and served in the English Channel, off North America, and in the Mediterranean. She was briefly flagship of both Admiral Mark Milbanke and Vice-Admiral Sir Andrew Mitchell during her career, and was present at the Battle of Navarino. Cambrian was wrecked off the coast of Grabusa in 1828.