HMS Owen Glendower (1808)

HMS Owen Glendower (or Owen Glendour) was a Royal Navy 36-gun fifth-rate Apollo-class frigate launched in 1808 and disposed of in 1884. In between she was instrumental in the seizure of the Danish island of Anholt, captured prizes in the Channel during the Napoleonic Wars, sailed to the East Indies and South America, participated in the suppression of the slave trade, and served as a prison hulk in Gibraltar before she was sold in 1884.

HMS Owen Glendower in Copenhagen in 1822, painted by Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Owen Glendower
NamesakeOwain Glyndŵr
Ordered1 October 1806
Laid downJanuary 1807
Launched19 November 1808
FateSold in 1884
General characteristics
Class and type36-gun fifth-rate Apollo-class frigate
Tons burthen9513⁄95 (bm)
Length
  • 145 ft 3 in (44.27 m) (overall);
  • 121 ft 11+3⁄8 in (37.170 m) (keel)
Beam38 ft 3+1⁄2 in (11.671 m)
Depth of hold13 ft 3 in (4.04 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement285
Armament
  • Upperdeck: 26 x 18-pounder guns
  • QD: 2 x 9-pounder guns + 10 x 32-pounder carronades
  • Fc: 2 x 9-pounder guns + 4 x 32-pounder carronades
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