HMS Orpheus (1780)

History
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
NameHMS Orpheus
Ordered2 October 1778
BuilderAdams & Barnard, Deptford
Laid down7 July 1779
Launched3 June 1780
CompletedBy 15 July 1780
FateWrecked on 23 January 1807
General characteristics
Class and type32-gun fifth-rate Amazon-class frigate (1773) frigate
Tons burthen6886694 (bm)
Length
  • 126 ft 4 in (38.5 m) (overall)
  • 104 ft 8 in (31.9 m) (keel)
Beam35 ft 2+14 in (10.7 m)
Depth of hold12 ft (3.7 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement220
Armament
  • Upper deck: 26 × 12-pounder guns
  • QD: 4 × 6-pounder guns + 4 × 18-pounder carronades
  • Fc: 2 × 6-pounder guns + 2 × 18-pounder carronades

HMS Orpheus was a 32–gun fifth rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1780, and served for more than a quarter of a century, before she was wrecked in 1807.[1][2]

  1. ^ Winfield. British Warships in the Age of Sail. p. 203.
  2. ^ Colledge. Ships of the Royal Navy. p. 252.