HMS Shannon (1803)

The third HMS Shannon was a 36-gun Perseverance-class frigate of the British Royal Navy built at Frindsbury on the River Medway on the Thames Estuary. She was completed on 3 September 1803 during the Napoleonic Wars. Her name was changed from Pallas to Shannon shortly before construction, traditionally an omen of bad luck for a ship. In her case, she was wrecked within three months of her being launched.

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

Shannon on shore, by Edward Pelham Brenton, c.1803, in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Shannon
Ordered8 July 1801
BuilderJosiah and Thomas Brindley, Frindsbury, Kent
Laid downAugust 1801
Launched2 September 1803
FateWrecked 10 December 1803
General characteristics
Type36-gun Perseverance-class fifth-rate frigate
Tons burthen88128⁄98 bm
Length
  • Overall: 137 ft 1+1⁄2 in (41.8 m)
  • Keel: 113 ft 4+3⁄8 in (34.6 m)
Beam38 ft 2+3⁄4 in (11.7 m)
Depth of hold13 ft 5+1⁄4 in (4.1 m)
PropulsionSails
Complement264
Armament
  • Upperdeck:26 × 18-pounder guns
  • QD:2 x 9-pounder guns + 10 × 32-pounder carronades
  • Fc:2 × 9-pounder guns + 2 x 32-pounder carronades
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