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HBMF Euryalus (1803)

Page history last edited by Cy 14 years, 2 months ago

Euryalus, 36 Guns


Details
Nationality British
Ordered 1800/08/16 B064
Laid Down 1801/10/00 B064
Launched 1803/06/06 B028
Shipyard Bucklers Hard B028
Design Class Apollo Class (1798)
Designer William Rule B064
Constructor Balthazar Adams B064
Rate Fifth Rate
Type Frigate
Out Service 1860/16/08 B028
Fate Sold B028

Dimensions
B064   Type Metric
Length of Gundeck 145' 2" Imperial Feet 44.25
Length of Keel 121' 113/4" Imperial Feet 37.18
Breadth 38' 21/8" Imperial Feet 11.64
Depth in Hold 13' 3" Imperial Feet 4.04
Draught Forward 10' 11" Imperial Feet 3.33
Draught Aft 14' 10" Imperial Feet 4.52
Burthen 94616/94 Tons BM

Armament
1803/06/06 B064 Broadside Weight = 476
Upper Gun Deck 26 British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck 10 British 32-Pound Carronade
Quarterdeck 2 British 9-Pounder
Forecastle 4 British 32-Pound Carronade
Forecastle 2 British 9-Pounder

Crew Complement
Date Men Notes Source
1803/06 264 B064

Commanders
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1803/06 1806/02 Post Captain Henry Blackwood B064
1806/02 1811/05 Post Captain George Dundas B064
1811/05 1811/12 Post Captain George Granville Waldegrave B064
1811/12 1813 Post Captain Jeremiah Coghlan B064
1812/11 1812/12 Post Captain Thomas Usher B064
1813 1815/06 Post Captain Charles Napier B064
1815/06 1821/01 Post Captain Thomas Huskisson B064
1821/10 1825/03 Post Captain Augustus William James Clifford B064

Service Record
Date Notes Source
1803/06 Commissioned for the Channel and the Irish coast B064
1808/06/16 Her boats took a Danish gunboat in the Great Belt B064
1809 In the Walcheren operations and landings B064
1810/04/26 Sailed for the Mediterranean B064
1811/04/16 Sailed for the Mediterranean B064
1813 Present at the Blockade of Toulon B064
1815/06 Paid off and then recommissioned B064
1815/12 Started a repair at Woolwich B064
1816/11 Completed repair and moved to Chatham B064
1818/05 Began fitting for sea B064
1818/10 Completed fitting for sea B064
1819 Sailed for the Leeward Islands, acting as flagship from 1819/11 to 1820/05 B064
1820/05 Sailed to Jamaica acting as flagship from 1820/06 to 1820/12 B064
1823 In the Mediterranean B064
1825/03 Paid off B064
1825/08 Began fitting as a convict ship at Chatham B064
1825/11 Completed fitting as a convict ship B064
1845 In use as a coal hulk at Sheerness B064
1846/07 Began fitting as a convict ship again B064
1847/02 Completed fitting as a convict ship at a cost of £11,104 and then moved to Gibraltar as a convict ship B064
1859 Renamed Africa  
1860/16/08 Sold to A C Recano at Gibraltar for £337.6.8d B064

Fleets
Fleet Title Commander Date From Date To Source
No Fleets Listed

Actions & Battles
Date Source
1805/10/21 Battle of Trafalgar

Notes on Ship
No Notes Entered

Sources
Id Link or Description Author
B064 British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793-1817 Rif Winfield
B028 Ships of the Royal Navy - Volume I J. J. Colledge

Last Updated :2009/03/21 at 13:08:08 by Cy

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