![]() 1803 plan of the Apollo class
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History | |
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Name | Stag |
Namesake | Stag |
Ordered | 17 October 1810 |
Builder | Deptford Dockyard |
Laid down | January 1811 |
Launched | 26 September 1812 |
Completed | November 1812 |
Commissioned | 6 August 1812 |
Fate | Broken up, 20 September 1821 |
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Class and type | Fifth-rate Apollo-class frigate |
Tons burthen | 94730⁄94 (bm) |
Length |
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Beam | 38 ft 3 in (11.7 m) |
Draught |
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Depth of hold | 13 ft 3+1⁄2 in (4.1 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Complement | 264 |
Armament |
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HMS Stag was a 36-gun fifth-rate Apollo-class frigate of the Royal Navy. Commanded by Captain Phipps Hornby for almost her entire career, Stag began her service in the English Channel, capturing two ships in 1813. Mid-way through the year the frigate was sent to join the Cape of Good Hope Station, where she stayed until November 1814. At the Cape Stag formed part of the search for the wreck of the merchant ship William Pitt in Algoa Bay, and then spent time surveying the Bird Islands, of which one was subsequently named after the ship. After returning from the Cape, Stag was laid up at Plymouth Dockyard. She was moved to Sheerness Dockyard in 1821, where after an aborted refit the frigate was broken up.