HMS Stag (1830)

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Stag
History
United Kingdom
NameStag
NamesakeStag
Ordered9 January 1823
BuilderPembroke Dockyard
Laid downApril 1828
Launched2 October 1830
Completed9 July 1831
Commissioned15 April 1831
FateBroken up by 8 August 1866
General characteristics
Class and type Seringapatam-class frigate
Tons burthen1218 40/94 bm
Length
  • 159 ft 3 in (48.5 m) (gundeck)
  • 133 ft 3 in (40.6 m) (keel)
Beam42 ft (12.8 m)
Draught14 ft 8 in (4.5 m)
Depth13 ft 3 in (4.0 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement315
Armament

HMS Stag was a 44-gun Seringapatam-class fifth-rate frigate built for the Royal Navy during the 1820s, one of three ships of the Andromeda sub-class.

Description[]

The Andromeda sub-class was a slightly enlarged and improved version of the Druid sub-class, with a more powerful armament.[1] Stag had a length at the gundeck of 159 feet 3 inches (48.5 m) and 133 feet 3 inches (40.6 m) at the keel. She had a beam of 42 feet (12.8 m), a draught of 14 feet 8 inches (4.5 m) and a depth of hold of 13 feet 3 inches (4.0 m). The ship's tonnage was 1167 42⁄94 tons burthen.[2] The Andromeda sub-class was armed with twenty-six 18-pounder cannon on her gundeck, ten 32-pounder carronades and a pair of 68-pounder guns on her quarterdeck and four more 32-pounder carronades in the forecastle. The ships had a crew of 315 officers and ratings.[3]

Construction and career[]

Stag, the fourth ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy,[4] was ordered on 9 January 1823, laid down in April 1828 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 2 October 1830.[3] She was completed for ordinary at Plymouth Dockyard in October 1830. The ship was commissioned on 15 April 1831 and ready for sea by 9 July.[2]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Winfield, pp. 712–13
  2. ^ a b Winfield, p. 717
  3. ^ a b Winfield & Lyon, p. 110
  4. ^ Colledge, p. 331

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.
  • 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, R.; Lyon, D. (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.

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