HMS Semiramis (1808)

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NameHMS Semiramis
Namesake Semiramis, legendary Assyrian ruler
Ordered25 March 1806
Cost£35,473
Laid downApril 1807
Launched25 July 1808 [1]
Commissioned6 September 1808
FateBroken up 1844 [2]
General characteristics
Class and type Apollo
Type Frigate
Tons burthen944
Beam38 ft 2 in [3]
Draught14 ft 4 in [3]
Depth of hold13 ft 3 in [3]
Armament36 guns; later reduced to 24 [2]

HMS Semiramis was a fifth-rate Royal Navy frigate [1] during the Age of Sail. She was built at Deptford Dockyard, [2] launched on 25 July 1808, [3] and eventually broken up in 1844.

Charles Richardson captained HMS Semiramis between 1810 and 1814, [4] (1823) during which time the ship destroyed the French 16-gun brig Le Pluvier and captured the 14-gun French privateer vessel Grand Jean Bart. [5] [3]

Captain Sir James Yeo was transferred to command HMS Semiramis in October 1817; he would die aboard in 1818 while returning to England from Jamaica. [6]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 "HMS Semiramis". Royal Museums Greenwich. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Winfield, Rif (2005). British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1793-1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates (2nd ed.). Seaforth (published 2008). p. 157. ISBN   978-1-84415-717-4.
  4. "Richardson, Charles"  . Royal Naval Biography . Vol. 52.18.3. 1823–1835. pp. 902–910.
  5. "Richardson, Charles"  . A Naval Biographical Dictionary . Vol. 19.4. 1849. pp. 974–975.
  6. Laughton, John Knox (1900). "Yeo, James Lucas"  . Dictionary of National Biography . Vol. 63. pp. 319–320.