HMS Volage (1807)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Volage.

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Volage
Ordered30 January 1805
BuilderRichard Chapman, Bideford
Laid downJanuary 1806
Launched23 March 1807
Completed8 September 1807 at Plymouth Dockyard
CommissionedMay 1807
Honours and
awards		Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Lissa"[1]
FateSold on 29 January 1818
United Kingdom
NameRochester
OwnerHills & Co.
Acquired1818 by purchase
FateLast mentioned in lists in 1831
General characteristics [2]
Class and type22-gun Laurel-class sixth-rate post ship
Tons burthen52947⁄94, or 530, or 545[3] (bm)
Length
  • 118 ft 2+1⁄2 in (36.0 m) (gundeck)
  • 98 ft 9 in (30.1 m) (keel)
Beam31 ft 9 in (9.7 m)
Depth of hold10 ft 3 in (3.1 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement155
Armament
  • Upper deck: 22 × 32-pounder carronades
  • QD: 6 × 24-pounder carronades
  • Fc: 2 × 6-pounder guns + 2 × 24-pounder carronades
HMS Amphion, Cerberus, Volage, and Active attacking the United French and Italian Squadrons at the Battle of Lissa in the Adriatic, on 13 March 1811

HMS Volage was a Laurel-class sixth-rate post-ship of the Royal Navy. She served during the Napoleonic War, capturing four privateers and participating in the Battle of Lissa (1811). She was sold in 1818. Her new owners renamed her Rochester and she served in a commercial capacity for another 12 years, first sailing between England and India, and then making two voyages to the South Seas as a whaler. She was last listed in Lloyd's List in 1831.

  1. ^ "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 243.
  2. ^ Winfield (2008), p. 237.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference RS1824 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).