HMS Druid (1825)
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name: | Druid |
| Namesake: | Druid |
| Ordered: | 23 July 1817 |
| Builder: | Pembroke Dockyard |
| Laid down: | August 1821 |
| Launched: | 1 July 1825 |
| Completed: | 21 December 1825 |
| Commissioned: | July 1825 |
| Reclassified: | As quarantine ship, 1846 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 13 April 1863 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Seringapatam-class frigate |
| Tons burthen: | 1168 42/94 bm |
| Length: | |
| Beam: | 41 ft 1 in (12.5 m) |
| Draught: | 15 ft 4 in (4.7 m) |
| Depth: | 12 ft 9 in (3.9 m) |
| Sail plan: | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement: | 315 |
| Armament: |
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HMS Druid was a 46-gun Seringapatam-class fifth-rate frigate built for the Royal Navy during the 1820s, the name ship of her sub-class.
Description
The Druid sub-class was an enlarged and improved version of the Serinapatam design, modified with a circular stern.[1] Druid had a length at the gundeck of 159 feet 6 inches (48.6 m) and 133 feet 5 inches (40.7 m) at the keel. She had a beam of 41 feet 1 inch (12.5 m), a draught of 15 feet 4 inches (4.7 m) and a depth of hold of 12 feet 9 inches (3.9 m). The ship's tonnage was 1168 42⁄94 tons burthen.[2] Druid was armed with twenty-eight 18-pounder cannon on her gundeck, fourteen 32-pounder carronades on her quarterdeck and a pair of 9-pounder cannon and two more 32-pounder carronades in the forecastle. The ship had a crew of 315 officers and ratings.[3]
Construction and career
Druid, the fourth ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy,[4] was ordered on 23 July 1817, laid down in August 1821 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 1 July 1825.[3] She was commissioned that same month and completed at Plymouth Dockyard on 21 December 1825.[2]
Notes
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. OCLC 67375475.
- 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.
- Winfield, Rif (2014). British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1817-1863 (epub). Barnsley, UK: Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-47383-743-0.
- Winfield, Rif & Lyon, David (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.