HMS Diana (1794)

	Plan used for the Diana
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Diana
Ordered	28 March 1793
Builder	Randall & Brent, Rotherhithe
Laid down	March 1793
Launched	3 March 1794
Completed	6 June 1794
Out of service	Sold to the Dutch Navy on 7 March 1815
Honours and; awards	Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Egypt"
Netherlands
Name	Diana
Acquired	Bought from the British on 7 March 1815
Fate	Destroyed in dry-dock accident on 16 January 1839
General characteristics
Type	38-gun Artois-class fifth rate frigate
Tons burthen	999 3⁄94 bm
Length	146 ft 3 in (44.6 m) (overall); 121 ft 8+1⁄2 in (37.1 m) (keel);
Beam	39 ft 3+1⁄2 in (12.0 m)
Depth of hold	13 ft 9 in (4.19 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	270 (later 315)
Armament	Upper deck: 28 x 18-pounder guns; QD: 2 x 9-pounder guns + 12 x 32-pounder carronades; Fc: 2 x 9-pounder guns + 2 x 32-pounder carronades;

HMS Diana was a 38-gun Artois-class fifth rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1794.

Because Diana served in the Royal Navy's Egyptian campaign between 8 March 1801 and 2 September, her officers and crew qualified for the clasp "Egypt" to the Naval General Service Medal that the Admiralty authorized in 1850 to all surviving claimants.^{[Note 1]}

Diana participated in an attack on a French frigate squadron anchored at Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue at the action of 15 November 1810, which ultimately led to the destruction of the . (Boats from Diana went in and set fire to the beached Eliza despite heavy fire from shore batteries and three nearby armed brigs; the British suffered no casualties.^[3])

In January or February 1812 the French captured Patent, Gillespie, master. Diana recaptured Patent on 4 February.^[4] Patent arrived at Plymouth on 6 February.^[5]

Fate[]

On 7 March 1815 Diana was sold to the Dutch navy for £36,796. On 27 August 1816 she was one of six Dutch frigates that participated in the bombardment of Algiers. Diana was destroyed in a fire on 16 January 1839 while in dry-dock at Willemsoord, Den Helder.

Notes, citations, and references[]

Notes

^ A first-class share of the prize money awarded in April 1823 was worth £34 2s 4d; a fifth-class share, that of a seaman, was worth 3s 11½d. The amount was small as the total had to be shared between 79 vessels and the entire army contingent.^[2]

Sources

^ "No. 21077". The London Gazette. 15 March 1850. pp. 791–792.
^ "No. 17915". The London Gazette. 3 April 1823. p. 633.
^ "No. 16438". The London Gazette. 25 December 1810. p. 2061.
^ "No. 16598". The London Gazette. 28 April 1812. p. 813.
^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4638. 11 February 1812. Retrieved 7 October 2020.

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.
Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1794–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 1-86176-246-1.
HMS Diana at Modelships.de – ship model with a short description.
HMS Diana at Jotika Ltd. – another model with additional info.

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[3] A first-class share of the prize money awarded in April 1823 was worth £34 2s 4d; a fifth-class share, that of a seaman, was worth 3s 11½d. The amount was small as the total had to be shared between 79 vessels and the entire army contingent.^[2]

[1] "No. 21077". The London Gazette. 15 March 1850. pp. 791–792.

[2] "No. 17915". The London Gazette. 3 April 1823. p. 633.

[4] "No. 16438". The London Gazette. 25 December 1810. p. 2061.

[5] "No. 16598". The London Gazette. 28 April 1812. p. 813.

[6] "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4638. 11 February 1812. Retrieved 7 October 2020.

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v t Artois-class frigates
Artois Diana Apollo Seahorse Jason Clyde Ethalion
Preceded by: Pallas class Followed by:
List of frigate classes of the Royal Navy

v t Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1839
Shipwrecks	16 Jan: HNLMS Diana 19 Jan: Juliana 20 Mar: Artémise 22 Apr: Rebecca April (unknown date): Pirate, USS Sea Gull 1 May: Parmelia 10 May: Néréide 24 Jul: Aquiles, Monteagudo 26 Jul: Admiral Cockburn 28 Aug: Gratitude 28 Aug: John McKeon 12 Sep: Coromandel 22 Sep: Caledonia September (unknown date): Elizabeth October (unknown date): Belle Poule 25 Nov: HMS Pelorus
Other incidents	1 Jul: La Amistad 12 Sep: Weymouth
1838 1840

History
Plan used for the Diana
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Diana
Ordered	28 March 1793
Builder	Randall & Brent, Rotherhithe
Laid down	March 1793
Launched	3 March 1794
Completed	6 June 1794
Out of service	Sold to the Dutch Navy on 7 March 1815
Honours and awards	Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Egypt"^[1]
Netherlands
Name	Diana
Acquired	Bought from the British on 7 March 1815
Fate	Destroyed in dry-dock accident on 16 January 1839
General characteristics
Type	38-gun Artois-class fifth rate frigate
Tons burthen	999 3⁄94 bm
Length	146 ft 3 in (44.6 m) (overall) 121 ft 8+1⁄2 in (37.1 m) (keel)
Beam	39 ft 3+1⁄2 in (12.0 m)
Depth of hold	13 ft 9 in (4.19 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	270 (later 315)
Armament	Upper deck: 28 x 18-pounder guns QD: 2 x 9-pounder guns + 12 x 32-pounder carronades Fc: 2 x 9-pounder guns + 2 x 32-pounder carronades