HMS Nemesis (1826)

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

Body plan of HMS Nemesis
History
United Kingdom
Name	Nemesis
Namesake	Nemesis
Ordered	23 July 1817
Builder	Pembroke Dockyard
Laid down	August 1823
Launched	19 August 1826
Completed	September 1826
Commissioned	Never
Fate	Broken up by 4 July 1866
General characteristics
Class & type	Seringapatam-class frigate
Tons burthen	1167 42/94 bm
Length	159 ft 1 in (48.5 m) (gundeck) 133 ft 2 in (40.6 m) (keel)
Beam	41 ft 1 in (12.5 m)
Draught	15 ft 1 in (4.6 m)
Depth	12 ft 9 in (3.9 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	315
Armament	46 guns: Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pdr cannon Quarterdeck: 14 × 32-pdr carronades Forecastle: 2 × 9-pdr cannon and 2 × 32-pdr carronades

HMS Nemesis was a 46-gun Seringapatam-class fifth-rate frigate built for the Royal Navy during the 1820s, one of four ships of the Druid sub-class.

Midship section of the Nemesis

Description

The Druid sub-class was an enlarged and improved version of the Serinapatam design, modified with a circular stern. ^[1] Nemesis had a length at the gundeck of 159 feet 1 inch (48.5 m) and 133 feet 2 inches (40.6 m) at the keel. She had a beam of 41 feet 1 inch (12.5 m), a draught of 15 feet 1 inch (4.6 m) and a depth of hold of 12 feet 9 inches (3.9 m). The ship's tonnage was 1167 42⁄94 tons burthen. ^[2] The Druid sub-class was armed with twenty-eight 18-pounder cannon on her gundeck, fourteen 32-pounder carronades on her quarterdeck and a pair of 9-pounder cannon and two more 32-pounder carronades in the forecastle. The ships had a crew of 315 officers and ratings. ^[3]

Construction and career

Nemesis, the second ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy, ^[4] was ordered on 23 July 1817, laid down in August 1823 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 19 August 1826. ^[3] She was completed for ordinary at Plymouth Dockyard in September 1826 and the ship was roofed over from the mainmast forward. The ship was never commissioned and was broken up by 4 July 1866. ^[2]

Notes

1. Winfield, p. 712
2. Winfield, p. 713
3. Winfield & Lyon, p. 107
4. Colledge, p. 240

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of All Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN   978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC   67375475.
• Phillips, Lawrie (2014). Pembroke Dockyard and the Old Navy: A Bicentennial History. Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK: The History Press. ISBN   978-0-7509-5214-9.
• Winfield, Rif (2014). British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1817-1863. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth. ISBN   978-1-47383-743-0.
• Lyon, David & Winfield, Rif (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. Chatham Publishing. ISBN   978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC   52620555.