HMS Pyramus (1810)

HMS Pyramus was a fifth-rate 36-gun frigate launched at Portsmouth in 1810. During the Napoleonic Wars she captured some small privateers. She was hulked in 1832–1833 at Halifax, Nova Scotia. The vessel was sold and broken up in 1879.

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

HMS Pyramus at Portsmouth Dockyard on 6 September 1825, drawn by John Christian Schetky
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Pyramus
Ordered
  • Initially:29 June 1805
  • Re-order:May 1808
Builder
  • Charles Greenword and Thomas Kidwell, Itchenor
  • Re-order:Portsmouth Dockyard
Laid down
  • Initially:April 1806
  • Re-order:November 1808
Launched22 January 1810
FateSold for breaking up in September 1879
General characteristics
Tons burthen92020⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • Gundeck: 141 ft 1 in (43.00 m)
  • Keel: 117 ft 2+5⁄8 in (35.728 m)
Beam38 ft 5 in (11.71 m)
Depth of hold12 ft 0 in (3.66 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement264
Armament
  • Upper deck:26 × 18-pounder guns
  • QD:2 × 9-pounder gun + 10 × 32-pounder carronades
  • Fc:2 × 9-pounder gun + 2 × 32-pounder carronades
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