HMS Spartan (1806)

HMS Spartan was a Royal Navy 38-gun fifth-rate frigate, launched at Rochester in 1806. During the Napoleonic Wars she was active in the Adriatic and in the Ionian Islands. She then moved to the American coast during the War of 1812, where she captured a number of small vessels, including a US Revenue Cutter and a privateer, the Dart. She then returned to the Mediterranean, where she remained for a few years. She went on to serve off the American coast again, and in the Caribbean, before being broken up in 1822.

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

HMS Spartan attacks a French squadron in the Bay of Naples, 3 May 1810, by Thomas Whitcombe
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Spartan
Ordered24 August 1805
BuilderCharles Ross, Rochester, Kent
Laid downOctober 1805
Launched16 August 1806
Completed6 October 1806, at Chatham Dockyard
FateBroken up at Plymouth Dockyard, April 1822
General characteristics
Class and typeLively-class frigate
Tons burthen1,071 51⁄94 tons bm (as designed)
Length154 ft (47 m)
Beam39 ft 5 in (12.01 m)
Draught13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
PropulsionSail
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement284 (later raised to 300, then in 1813 to 320)
Armament
  • As ordered :
  • UD: 28 × 18-pounder guns
  • QD: 2 × 9-pounder guns + 12 × 32-pounder carronades
  • FC: 2 × 9-pounder guns + 2 × 32-pounder carronades
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