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FIGHTING SHIPS OF THE WORLD
UNITED KINGDOM
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LIVELY 5th rate sailing frigates (1804-1815)
Ships
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lively | Woolwich DYd | 11.1801 | 23.7.1804 | 27.8.1804 | wrecked 10.8.1810 | ||
| Resistance | Charles Ross, Rochester | 3.1804 | 10.8.1805 | 19.10.1805 | troopship 4.1842 | ||
| Apollo | George Parsons, Bursledon | 4.1804 | 27.6.1805 | 26.9.1805 | troopship 4.1838 | ||
| Hussar | Balthesar & Edward Adams, Bucklers Hard | 3.1806 | 23.4.1807 | 27.6.1807 | receiving ship 9.1833 | ||
| Undaunted | Joseph Graham, Harwich | 1806? | --- | --- | builder failed 1806 | ||
| Statira | Robert Guillaume, Northam | 12.1805 | 7.7.1807 | 26.8.1807 | wrecked 26.2.1815 | ||
| Horatio | George Parsons, Bursledon | 7.1805 | 23.4.1807 | 4.8.1807 | screw guardship 1.1851, screw mortar ship 6.1855, sold 11.1865 | ||
| Spartan | Charles Ross, Rochester | 10.1805 | 16.8.1806 | 6.10.1806 | BU 4.1822 | ||
| Undaunted | Woolwich DYd | 4.1806 | 17.10.1807 | 2.12.1807 | target 1860 | ||
| Menelaus | Plymouth DYd | 11.1808 | 17.4.1810 | 21.6.1810 | marine hospital 1834 | ||
| Nisus | Plymouth DYd | 12.1808 | 3.4.1810 | 15.6.1810 | BU 9.1822 | ||
| Macedonian | Woolwich DYd | 5.1809 | 2.6.1810 | 6.7.1810 | captured by USA 25.10.1812 (Macedonian) | ||
| Crescent | Woolwich DYd | 9.1809 | 11.12.1810 | 7.2.1811 | receiving ship 1.1840 | ||
| Bacchante | Deptford DYd | 7.1810 | 16.3.1811 | 25.1.1812 | lazarette 2.1837 | ||
| Nymphe (ex-Nereide) | George Parsons, Warsash | 1.1811 | 13.4.1812 | 22.6.1812 | hospital ship 8.1831 | ||
| Sirius | Richard Blake & John Tyson, Bursledon | 9.1811 | 11.9.1813 | 29.9.1815 | target ship 7.1860 | ||
| Laurel | John Parsons & John Rubie, Warsash | 7.1812 | 31.5.1813 | 13.9.1813 | bathing hulk 9.1864 |
Technical data
| Data variant | sailing | screw |
|---|---|---|
| Displacement normal, t | 1072bm | 1707 |
| Displacement full, t |
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| Length, m | 46.9 gundeck |
47.0 gundeck |
| Breadth, m | 12.0 |
12.2 |
| Draught, m | 4.11 hold depth |
5.84 |
| No of shafts |
|
1 |
| Machinery | sails |
sails + 1 2-cyl HSE, geared |
| Power, h. p. | 553ihp |
|
| Max speed, kts | 8.9 |
|
| Fuel, t | coal |
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| Endurance, nm(kts) | ||
| Armament | 14 x 1 - 159/8 32pdr SBML carronades, 28 x 1 - 139/19 18pdr SBML, 4 x 1 - 107/14 9pdr SBML later ships: 16 x 1 - 159/8 32pdr SBML carronades, 28 x 1 - 139/19 18pdr SBML, 2 x 1 - 107/14 9pdr SBML |
2 x 1 - 254/11 10'' 86cwt shell SBML, 2 x 1 - 194/16 56pdr 85cwt, 20 x 1 - 177/16 42pdr 66cwt SBML |
| Complement | 284 |
320 |
Project history
18pdr frigates, 38 guns (fifth rate), reclassed as 46-gun in 1817. Designed by Sir William Rule.
Modernizations
1851, Horatio was converted to screw guardship with data as given in the table
1853, Horatio: - 20 x 1 - 177/16 42pdr; + 18 x 1 - 204/13 8'' 60cwt shell SBML
1855, Horatio: was armed with 2 x 330/5 13'' mortars, 2 x 1 - 206/15 68pdr 95cwt SBML, 8 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 56cwt
Naval service
Lively wrecked off Malta 10.8.1810. Statira wrecked on a rock off Cuba 26.2.1815. Macedonian was captured by USN frigate United States in the Atlantic 25.10.1812 and served in the USN until 1834.
