HMS Stag (1830)
{{short description|Frigate of the Royal Navy}}
{{Other ships|HMS Stag}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=H.M.S. Stag 1830 RMG PY0843.jpg |Ship caption=Stag }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=United Kingdom |Ship flag= {{shipboxflag|United Kingdom|naval}} |Ship name= Stag |Ship namesake=Stag |Ship ordered=9 January 1823 |Ship builder= Pembroke Dockyard |Ship laid down=April 1828 |Ship launched=2 October 1830 |Ship commissioned=15 April 1831 |Ship completed=9 July 1831 |Ship reclassified= |Ship motto= |Ship nickname= |Ship honours= |Ship fate=Broken up by 8 August 1866 }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class={{sclass|Seringapatam|frigate}} |Ship tons burthen=1218 40/94 bm |Ship length=*{{convert|159|ft|3|in|m|abbr=on|1}} (gundeck)
|Ship beam={{convert|42|ft|m|abbr=on|1}} |Ship draught={{convert|14|ft|8|in|m|abbr=on|1}} |Ship depth={{convert|13|ft|3|in|m|abbr=on|1}} |Ship sail plan=Full-rigged ship |Ship endurance= |Ship complement=315 |Ship armament=*44 guns:
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HMS Stag was a 44-gun {{sclass|Seringapatam|frigate|0}} fifth-rate frigate built for the Royal Navy during the 1820s, one of three ships of the Andromeda sub-class.
Description
The Andromeda sub-class was a slightly enlarged and improved version of the Druid sub-class, with a more powerful armament.Winfield, pp. 712–13 Stag had a length at the gundeck of {{convert|159|ft|3|in|m|1}} and {{convert|133|ft|3|in|m|1}} at the keel. She had a beam of {{convert|42|ft|m|1}}, a draught of {{convert|14|ft|8|in|m|1}} and a depth of hold of {{convert|13|ft|3|in|m|1}}. The ship's tonnage was 1167 {{fraction|42|94}} tons burthen.Winfield, p. 717 The Andromeda sub-class was armed with twenty-six 18-pounder cannon on her gundeck, ten 32-pounder carronades and a pair of 68-pounder guns on her quarterdeck and four more 32-pounder carronades in the forecastle. The ships had a crew of 315 officers and ratings.Winfield & Lyon, p. 110
Construction and career
Stag, the fourth ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy,Colledge, p. 331 was ordered on 9 January 1823, laid down in April 1828 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 2 October 1830. She was completed for ordinary at Plymouth Dockyard in October 1830. The ship was commissioned on 15 April 1831 and ready for sea by 9 July.
Notes
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References
- {{Cite Colledge2006}}
- {{cite book|last1=Phillips|first1=Lawrie; Lieutenant Commander|title=Pembroke Dockyard and the Old Navy: A Bicentennial History|date=2014|publisher=The History Press|location=Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK|isbn=978-0-7509-5214-9}}
- {{cite book|last1=Winfield|first1=Rif|title=British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1817-1863|date=2014|publisher=Seaforth|location=Barnsley, UK|isbn=978-1-47383-743-0|format=epub|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TPZDBgAAQBAJ}}
- {{winfield}}
External links
- {{Commons category-inline|HMS Stag (ship, 1830)}}
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