HMS Alligator (1821)

HMS Alligator was a 28-gun Atholl-class sixth rate of the Royal Navy. She was launched at Cochin, British India on 29 March 1821.

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

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Alligator
Ordered5 June 1819
BuilderCochin
Laid downNovember 1819
Launched29 March 1821
CompletedBy 3 September 1822
Reclassified
  • Depot ship in June 1841
  • Troopship in July 1842
  • Seamen’s hospital in December 1846
FateSold on 30 October 1865
General characteristics
Class and type28-gun Atholl-class sixth rate
Tons burthen499 91/94 bm (as designed)
Length
  • 113 ft 8 in (34.65 m) (gundeck)
  • 94 ft 8.75 in (28.8735 m) (keel)
Beam31 ft 6 in (9.60 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement175
Armament
  • 28 guns:
  • Upper Deck: 20 × 32-pounder carronades
  • Quarterdeck: 6 × 18-pounder carronades
  • Forecastle: 2 × 9-pounder guns

Alligator, under the command of Captain G.R. Lambert, operated in New Zealand during 1834, leaving on 31 March 1834, but returned again in September the same year to rescue the crew and passengers of Harriet, which was wrecked near Cape Egmont, Taranaki and were held by the Ngāti Ruanui.

In March 1834, Alligator was on hand (and fired the 13-gun salute) at the first hoisting of the first national flag of New Zealand, at Waitangi, Bay of Islands.

She eventually became a depot ship at Trincomalee in June 1841, and was then converted to a troopship in July 1842. Alligator was finally hulked as seamen’s hospital at Hong Kong in December 1846.

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