Forth
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Forth |
Ordered | 9 June 1825 |
Builder | Pembroke Dockyard |
Laid down | November 1828 |
Launched | 1 August 1833 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 4 August 1883 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Seringapatam-class frigate |
Tons burthen | 1218 40/94 bm |
Length | |
Beam | 42 ft (12.8 m) |
Draught | 14 ft 8 in (4.5 m) |
Depth | 13 ft 3 in (4.0 m) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
HMS Forth was a 44-gun Seringapatam-class fifth-rate frigate built for the Royal Navy during the 1820s, one of three ships of the Andromeda sub-class. After completion in 1833, she was ordered to be converted into a steam-powered ship in 1845, but this did not happen for another decade.