HMS Active (1799)

HMS Active was a Royal Navy fifth-rate frigate launched on 14 December 1799 at Chatham Dockyard. Sir John Henslow designed her as an improvement on the Artois-class frigates. She served during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars, capturing numerous enemy vessels. Her crews participated in one campaign and three actions that would later qualify them for the Naval General Service Medal. She returned to service after the wars and finally was broken up in 1860.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Active and HMS Argo.

Study of HMS Active at Portsmouth harbour, September 1822, by John Christian Schetky
History
Great Britain
NameHMS Active
Ordered27 April 1796
BuilderChatham Dockyard (M/Shipwright Edward Sison)
Laid downJuly 1798
Launched14 December 1799
CommissionedDecember 1799
RenamedHMS Argo on 15 November 1833
ReclassifiedOn harbour service from February 1826
Honours and
awards
  • Naval General Service Medal with clasps
  • "Egypt"
  • "28 June Boat Service 1810"
  • "Lissa"
  • "Pelagosa 29 Novr. 1811"
FateBroken up in October 1860
General characteristics as built
Class and type38-gun fifth-rate frigate
Tons burthen105856⁄94 bm
Length150 ft (45.7 m) (gundeck)
Beam41 ft (12.5 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement284 (later 315)
Armament
  • Upper deck: 28 × 18-pounder guns
  • QD: 8 × 9-pounder guns + 6 × 32-pounder carronades
  • Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns + 2 × 32-pounder carronades
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