HMS Syren (1782)

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

HMS Syren was a 32-gun Amazon-class fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She served during the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary, and Napoleonic Wars. Among her more famous midshipmen were the future Rear-Admiral Peter Puget, and John Pasco, Nelson's signal officer at the Battle of Trafalgar.

History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Syren
Ordered	3 January 1781
Builder	James Betts, Mistleythorn
Laid down	February 1781
Launched	24 September 1782
Completed	By 16 December 1782
Fate	Broken up in September 1822
General characteristics
Class and type	32-gun Amazon-class fifth-rate frigate
Tons burthen	6798⁄94 bm
Length	126 ft (38 m) (gundeck) 103 ft 10 in (31.65 m) (keel)
Beam	35 ft 1.75 in (10.7125 m)
Depth of hold	12 ft 2 in (3.71 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Crew	220
Armament	Upper deck: 26 × 12-pounder guns QD: 4 × 6-pounder guns + 4 × 18-pounder carronades Fc: 2 × 6-pounder guns + 2 × 18-pounderr carronades

The Duke of York's Standard flown by Syren on his 1793 expedition to Flanders

References

• 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.