HMS Hotspur (1828)

Hotspur
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Hotspur
Ordered15 May 1821
BuilderPembroke Dockyard
Laid downJuly 1825
Launched9 October 1828
RenamedMonmouth in 1868
FateSold in 1902
General characteristics
Class and typeModified Seringapatam-class frigate
Tons burthen1,162 38/94 bm
Length
  • 159 ft (48 m) (gundeck)
  • 133 ft 8 in (40.74 m) (keel)
Beam40 ft 5 in (12.32 m)
Depth of hold12 ft 9 in (3.89 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement315
Armament

HMS Hotspur was a modified Seringapatam-class 46-gun fifth rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was built at Pembroke Dockyard and launched on 9 October 1828. She was laid up incomplete at Plymouth in April 1829. In 1859 she was recorded as being a chapel hulk based at HMNB Devonport – possibly moored at Hamoaze. She was recorded again in 1865, at the same location, as a Roman Catholic chapel hulk.[1] She was renamed HMS Monmouth in 1868, and sold in 1902, after the Roman Catholic Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer was opened in Keyham.[2]

  1. ^ Warlow, Ben, Shore Establishments of the Royal Navy, Maritime Books, Liskeard, ISBN 0-907771-73-4.
  2. ^ "NMM, vessel ID 368732" (PDF). Warship Histories, vol i. National Maritime Museum. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2012.