HMS Semiramis (1808)
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Semiramis |
| Namesake | Semiramis, legendary Assyrian ruler |
| Ordered | 25 March 1806 |
| Cost | £35,473 |
| Laid down | April 1807 |
| Launched | 25 July 1808[1] |
| Commissioned | 6 September 1808 |
| Fate | Broken up 1844[2] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Apollo |
| Type | Frigate |
| Tons burthen | 944 |
| Beam | 38 ft 2 in[3] |
| Draught | 14 ft 4 in[3] |
| Depth of hold | 13 ft 3 in[3] |
| Armament | 36 guns; later reduced to 24[2] |
HMS Semiramis was a fifth-rate Royal Navy frigate[1] during the Age of Sail. She was built at Deptford Dockyard,[2] launched on 25 July 1808,[3] and eventually broken up in 1844.
Charles Richardson captained HMS Semiramis between 1810 and 1814,[4] during which time the ship destroyed the French 16-gun brig Le Pluvier and captured the 14-gun French privateer vessel Grand Jean Bart.[5][3]
Captain Sir James Yeo was transferred to command HMS Semiramis in October 1817; he would die aboard in 1818 while returning to England from Jamaica.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "HMS Semiramis". www.pdavis.nl. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
- ^ a b c "HMS Semiramis". Royal Museums Greenwich. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
- ^ a b c d e Winfield, Rif (2005). British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1793-1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates (2nd ed.). Seaforth (published 2008). p. 157. ISBN 978-1-84415-717-4.
- ^ Marshall, John (1825). . Royal Naval Biography – via Wikisource.
- ^ O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). . A Naval Biographical Dictionary – via Wikisource.
- ^ Laughton, John Knox. . Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900 – via Wikisource.