HMS Regulus (1785)

Regulus's sister ship HMS Argo
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Regulus
Namesake	Regulus
Ordered	20 October 1780
Builder	Thomas Raymond, Northam
Cost	£16,223
Laid down	June 1781
Launched	10 February 1785
Completed	10 March 1785
Commissioned	February 1793
Fate	Broken up March 1816
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Roebuck-class fifth-rate
Tons burthen	888 77⁄94 (bm)
Length	140 ft 1 in (42.7 m) (gun deck) 115 ft 8+5⁄8 in (35.3 m) (keel)
Beam	38 ft (11.6 m)
Depth of hold	16 ft 4 in (5 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Complement	155
Armament	1793: Lower deck: Nil Upper deck: 22 × 12-pounder guns Quarterdeck: 4 × 12-pounder guns Forecastle: 2 × 6-pounder guns 1804: Lower deck: 20 × 24-pounder carronades + 2 × 12-pounder guns Upper deck: 24 × 18-pounder guns Quarterdeck: 4 × 6-pounder guns Forecastle: 2 × 6-pounder guns

HMS Regulus was a 44-gun fifth-rate Roebuck-class ship of the Royal Navy launched in 1785. Not commissioned until 1793 for the French Revolutionary Wars, Regulus served predominantly as a troop ship. After initial service in the English Channel she moved to the Jamaica Station where she saw action around Hispaniola and Puerto Rico. Returned to Britain in 1799, the ship served during the Egypt Campaign in 1801 and was present at the Battle of Abukir.

With the Napoleonic Wars underway, Regulus served as an escort to the transports for the Hanover Expedition in 1805. After periods of service in the North Sea, English Channel, and Mediterranean Sea, in 1814 she sailed to North America to participate in the War of 1812. Serving under George Cockburn in Chesapeake Bay, men from the ship were present at the destruction of the Chesapeake Bay Flotilla and Battle of Baltimore. Towards the end of the year Regulus served off Cumberland Island, participating in the Battle of Fort Peter and capturing St. Simons, Georgia. When the War of 1812 ended the ship was returned to Britain where she was broken up in 1816.