HMS Carron (1813)

	Carron
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Carron
Ordered	18 November 1812
Builder	Edward Adams, Bucklers Hard
Laid down	March 1813
Launched	9 November 1813
Commissioned	11 November 1813
Fate	Wrecked 6 July 1820
General characteristics
Class and type	20-gun Cyrus-class sixth-rate post ship
Tons burthen	459 2⁄94 (bm)
Length	115 ft 8+1⁄2 in (35.3 m) (gundeck); 97 ft 2+3⁄4 in (29.6 m) (keel);
Beam	29 ft 9+1⁄2 in (9.1 m)
Depth of hold	8 ft 6+1⁄8 in (2.59 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	135
Armament	20 × 32-pounder carronades; 2 × 6-pounder chase guns;

HMS Carron was a 20-gun Cyrus-class sixth-rate post ship of the Royal Navy built in 1813 by Edward Adams, at Bucklers Hard in Hampshire. She was wrecked in 1820.

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