HMS Comus (1828)

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Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
NameComus
Ordered15 May 1821
Builder Pembroke Dockyard
Laid downOctober 1826
Launched14 August 1828
Completed28 February 1829
CommissionedNovember 1828
Fate Broken up, 10 May 1862
General characteristics
Class and type Comet-class sloop
Tons burthen462 16/94 bm
Length
  • 113 ft 3 in (34.5 m) (gundeck)
  • 92 ft 11 in (28.3 m) (keel)
Beam31 ft 11 in (9.7 m)
Depth8 ft (2.4 m)
Complement125
Armament2 × 6-pdr cannon; 16 × 32-pdr carronades

HMS Comus was an 18-gun sloop, the name ship of her class, built for the Royal Navy during the 1820s.

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Description

Comus had a length at the gundeck of 113 feet 3 inches (34.5 m) and 92 feet 11 inches (28.3 m) at the keel. She had a beam of 30 feet 11 inches (9.4 m), and a depth of hold of 8 feet (2.4 m). The ship's tonnage was 462 16⁄94 tons burthen. [1] The Comet class was armed with a pair of 9-pounder cannon in the bow and sixteen 32-pounder carronades. The ships had a crew of 125 officers and ratings. [2]

Construction and career

Comus, the second ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy, [3] was ordered with the name of Comet on 15 May 1821, laid down in October 1826 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 14 August 1828. [2] She was completed on 28 February 1829 at Plymouth Dockyard and commissioned on November 1828. The ship was renamed Comus on 31 October 1832. [1]

On 17 November 1833, Comus ran aground on the North Bank in Liverpool Bay during a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, England, to Dublin, Ireland. [4]

Comus in action at the Battle of Vuelta de Obligado in 1846 Plan of the action of Point Obligado - ILN 1846-0131-0005 (cropped).jpg
Comus in action at the Battle of Vuelta de Obligado in 1846

On 25 September 1847, Comus was driven ashore and sank near Montevideo, Uruguay. [5] Subsequently refloated, she was repaired and returned to service. [6]

Comus at the Spithead Fleet Review on 15 July 1853 The British Fleet at Spithead in July 1853 ILN-1853-0806-0033.jpg
Comus at the Spithead Fleet Review on 15 July 1853

Comus was broken up on 10 May 1862.

Notes

  1. 1 2 Winfield, p. 903
  2. 1 2 Winfield & Lyon, p. 117
  3. ↑ Colledge, p. 311
  4. ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 17531. 23 November 1833.
  5. ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle. No. 24388. London. 22 December 1847.
  6. ↑ "Comus". P Benyon. Retrieved 31 August 2018.

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