HMS Actaeon (1831)

HMS Actaeon was a 26-gun sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Actaeon.

Actaeon a plan signed by Richard Blake (Master Shipwright, Portsmouth Dockyard, 1835-1844).
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Actaeon
Ordered23 October 1827
BuilderPortsmouth Dockyard
Laid downSeptember 1828
Launched31 January 1831
Commissioned16 April 1831
Reclassified
  • Survey ship in 1856
  • Hospital ship in 1866
  • Hulked in February 1870
FateSold for breaking up in February 1889
General characteristics
Class and typeSixth-rate frigate
Tons burthen620 bm
Length
  • 121 ft 6 in (37.03 m) (overall)
  • 100 ft 4 in (30.58 m) (keel)
Beam34 ft (10.4 m)
Draught9 ft 7 in (2.92 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement175
Armament
  • 26 guns
  • Upper deck: 20 × 32-pounder gunnades
  • Quarter deck: 4 × 32-pounder carronades
  • Forecastle: 2 × 9-pounder (or 2 × 32-pounder carronades)
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