HMS North Star (1824)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS North Star.

Bow of the North Star. Illustrated London News 1849
History
United Kingdom
NameNorth Star
Ordered30 April 1818
BuilderWoolwich Dockyard
Laid downApril 1820
Launched7 February 1824
Completed26 May 1826
FateBroken up at Chatham Dockyard in 1860
General characteristics
Class and type28-gun Atholl-class sixth-rate post ship
Tons burthen501 bm
Length
  • 113 ft 8 in (34.65 m) (gundeck)
  • 94 ft 8.75 in (28.8735 m) (keel)
Beam31 ft 6 in (9.60 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement175
Armament
  • 28 guns:
  • Upper Deck: 20 × 32-pdr carronades
  • Quarterdeck: 6 × 18-pdr carronades
  • Forecasle: 2 × 9-pdr guns

HMS North Star was a 28-gun Atholl-class sixth-rate post ship built to an 1817 design by the Surveyors of the Navy. She was launched in 1824. North Star Bay, a bay in Greenland, was named in honour of this ship.