HMS Cleopatra (1835)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Cleopatra.

Sister ship – HMS Vestal
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Cleopatra
NamesakeCleopatra VII
Ordered28 March 1832
BuilderPembroke Dockyard
Laid downJune 1832
Launched28 April 1835
CompletedBy 13 September 1835
ReclassifiedAccommodation ship between 1857–1858
FateOrdered to be sold for breaking up on 17 February 1862
General characteristics
Class and type26-gun Vestal-class sixth-rate frigate
Tons burthen911 75⁄94 bm
Length
  • 130 ft (39.6 m) (overall)
  • 104 ft 6 in (31.9 m) (keel)
Beam40 ft 6 in (12.3 m)
Depth of hold10 ft 6 in (3.20 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement240
Armament
  • 18 × 32-pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 6 × 32-pdr gunnades
  • Forecastle: 4 × 32-pdr gunnades

HMS Cleopatra was a 26-gun Vestal-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was built at Pembroke Dock and launched on 28 April 1835. She was to have been launched in July 1834 and fitted thereafter.[1] Her complement was 152 officers and men, 33 boys, and 25 marines. She was broken up in February 1862.[2]

Cleopatra was the second of three Vestal-class ships built between 1833 and 1836. The first was HMS Vestal and the third HMS Carysfort. She was acknowledged as a good handling fast boat during her early voyages.[3]

  1. ^ Plymouth 29 May, The Times, London, England, 31 May 1834, page 2
  2. ^ "HMS Cleopatra (1835) 2". Britainsnavy.co.uk. 18 January 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
  3. ^ Portsmouth, The Times, London, England, 13 June 1836, page 6