HMS Comus (1806)

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

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Comus
Ordered30 January 1805
BuilderCustance & Co, Great Yarmouth
Laid downAugust 1805
Launched28 August 1806
CompletedBy 19 November 1806
CommissionedOctober 1806
Honours and
awards		Naval General Service Medal with clasp: "Comus 15 Augt. 1807"[1]
Fate
  • Wrecked on 24 October 1816
  • Wreck abandoned on 4 November 1816
General characteristics [2]
Class and type22-gun Laurel-class sixth-rate post ship
Tons burthen52236⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • 120 ft 10 in (36.8 m) (overall)
  • 98 ft 7 in (30.0 m) (keel)
Beam31 ft 6+3⁄4 in (9.6 m)
Depth of hold10 ft 3 in (3.1 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement155
Armament
  • As built:
  • Upper deck (UD): 22 × 9-pounder guns
  • QD: 6 × 24-pounder carronades
  • Fc: 2 × 6-pounder chase guns + 2 × 24-pounder carronades
  • Later rearmed:
  • UD: 22 × 32-pounder carronades
  • QD: 6 × 18-pounder carronades
  • Fc: 2 × 6-pounder chase guns + 2 × 18-pounder carronades

HMS Comus was a 22-gun Laurel-class sixth-rate post ship of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1806.[3] In 1807 she took part in one notable single-ship action and was at the capture of Copenhagen. In 1815 she spent six months with the West Africa Squadron suppressing the slave trade during which time she captured ten slavers and freed 500-1,000 slaves. She was wrecked in 1816 with no loss of life.

  1. ^ "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 241.
  2. ^ Winfield (2008), p. 236.
  3. ^ Benyon, P. "Comus, 1806". Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 12 March 2011.