HMS Comus was an 18-gun sloop, the name ship of her class, built for the Royal Navy during the 1820s.
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Comus |
| Ordered | 15 May 1821 |
| Builder | Pembroke Dockyard |
| Laid down | October 1826 |
| Launched | 14 August 1828 |
| Completed | 28 February 1829 |
| Commissioned | November 1828 |
| Fate | Broken up, 10 May 1862 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Comet-class sloop |
| Tons burthen | 462 16/94 bm |
| Length | |
| Beam | 31 ft 11 in (9.7 m) |
| Depth | 8 ft (2.4 m) |
| Complement | 125 |
| Armament | 2 × 6-pdr cannon; 16 × 32-pdr carronades |
Description
editComus had a length at the gundeck of 113 feet 3 inches (34.5 m) and 92 feet 11 inches (28.3 m) at the keel. She had a beam of 30 feet 11 inches (9.4 m), and a depth of hold of 8 feet (2.4 m). The ship's tonnage was 462 16⁄94 tons burthen.[1] The Comet class was armed with a pair of 9-pounder cannon in the bow and sixteen 32-pounder carronades. The ships had a crew of 125 officers and ratings.[2]
Construction and career
editComus, the second ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy,[3] was ordered with the name of Comet on 15 May 1821, laid down in October 1826 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 14 August 1828.[2] She was completed on 28 February 1829 at Plymouth Dockyard and commissioned in November 1828. The ship was renamed Comus on 31 October 1832.[1]
On 17 November 1833, Comus ran aground on the North Bank in Liverpool Bay during a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, England, to Dublin, Ireland.[4]
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On 25 September 1847, Comus was driven ashore and sank near Montevideo, Uruguay.[5] Subsequently refloated, she was repaired and returned to service.[6]
Comus was broken up on 10 May 1862.
Notes
edit- ^ a b Winfield, p. 903
- ^ a b Winfield & Lyon, p. 117
- ^ Colledge, p. 311
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 17531. 23 November 1833.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle. No. 24388. London. 22 December 1847.
- ^ "Comus". P Benyon. Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
References
edit- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- Phillips, Lawrie; Lieutenant Commander (2014). Pembroke Dockyard and the Old Navy: A Bicentennial History. Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK: The History Press. ISBN 978-0-7509-5214-9.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1793-1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth. ISBN 1-84415-700-8.
- Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC 52620555.
External links
edit- Naval database: Comus, 1832 Archived 17 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine