HMS Talbot was a 28-gun Atholl-class sixth-rate frigate built for the Royal Navy during the 1820s.
 HMS Talbot, Captain Hon. F. Spencer in action at the Battle of Navarino by John Christian Schetky
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Talbot |
| Ordered | 30 April 1818 |
| Builder | Pembroke Dockyard |
| Laid down | March 1821 |
| Launched | 9 October 1824 |
| Completed | 21 December 1825 |
| Commissioned | 21 September 1825 |
| Reclassified | As a depot ship, February 1855 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 5 March 1896 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Atholl-class frigate |
| Tons burthen | 50018⁄94 bm |
| Length | |
| Beam | 31 ft 10 in (9.7 m) |
| Draught | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
| Depth | 8 ft 9 in (2.7 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 175 |
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Description
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Talbot had a length at the gundeck of 113 feet 8 inches (34.6 m) and 94 feet 8 inches (28.9 m) at the keel. She had a beam of 31 feet 10 inches (9.7 m), a draught of 12 feet (3.7 m) and a depth of hold of 8 feet 9 inches (2.7 m). The ship's tonnage was 500 18⁄94 tons burthen.[1] The Atholl class was armed with twenty 32-pounder carronades on her gundeck, six 32-pounder carronades on her quarterdeck and a pair of 9-pounder cannon in the forecastle. The ships had a crew of 175 officers and ratings.[2]
Construction and career
editTalbot, the fourth ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy,[3] was ordered on 30 April 1818, laid down in March 1821 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 9 October 1824.[2] She was completed on 21 December 1824 at Plymouth Dockyard and commissioned on 21 September of that year.[1]
She was a participant at the Battle of Navarino on 20 October 1827.
She took part in Inglefield's 1854 Arctic expedition as a depot ship.
As a powder magazine off Beckton she overlooked the disastrous sinking of SS Princess Alice, a collision on the Thames on 14 September 1878.
Notes
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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 978-1-84415-700-6.
- 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
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Media related to HMS Talbot (ship, 1824) at Wikimedia Commons
