HMS Comus (1828)
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
HMS Comus was an 18-gun
name ship of her class, built for the Royal Navy
during the 1820s.
Description
Comus had a length at the
Construction and career
Comus, the second ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy,Plymouth Dockyard and commissioned on 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
References
- 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. OCLC 52620555.
External links
- Naval database: Comus, 1832 Archived 17 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine
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