HMS Seahorse (1830)

Frigate of the Royal Navy

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

Seahorse

History
United Kingdom
Name| Seahorse
Namesake| Seahorse
Ordered| 9 January 1823
Builder| Pembroke Dockyard
Laid down| November 1826
Launched| 22 July 1830
Fate| Sold for scrap, 1902
General characteristics
Class and type| Seringapatam-class frigate
Tons burthen| 1218 40/94 bm
Length|

* 159 ft 3 in (48.5 m) (gundeck)
* 133 ft 3 in (40.6 m) (keel)

Beam| 42 ft (12.8 m)
Draught| 14 ft 8 in (4.5 m)
Depth| 13 ft 3 in (4.0 m)
Sail plan| Full-rigged ship

HMS Seahorse was a 44-gun Seringapatam-class fifth-rate frigate built for the Royal Navy during the 1820s, one of three ships of the Andromeda sub-class. After completion in 1830, she was ordered to be converted into a steam-powered ship in 1845, but this did not happen for another decade.

## Description[edit]

The Andromeda sub-class was a slightly enlarged and improved version of the Druid sub-class, with a more powerful armament.[1] Seahorse had a length at the gundeck of 159 feet 10 inches (48.7 m) and 133 feet 4 inches (40.6 m) at the keel. She had a beam of 41 feet 10 inches (12.8 m), a draught of 14 feet 10 inches (4.5 m) and a depth of hold of 13 feet 3 inches (4.0 m). The ship's tonnage was 1211 53⁄94 tons burthen.[2] 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.[3]

## Construction and career[edit]

Seahorse, the ninth ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy,[4] was ordered on 9 January 1823, laid down in November 1826 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 22 July 1830.[3] She was completed for ordinary at Plymouth Dockyard in August 1830 and completely roofed over.[2]

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ Winfield, pp. 712–13
2. ^ a b Winfield, p. 717
3. ^ a b Winfield & Lyon, p. 110
4. ^ Colledge, p. 315

## References[edit]

* Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
* Phillips, Lawrie; Lieutenant Commander (2014). Pembroke Dockyard and the Old Navy: A Bicentennial History. Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK: The History Press. ISBN 978-0-7509-5214-9.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
* Winfield, Rif (2014). British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1817-1863 (epub). Barnsley, UK: Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-47383-743-0.
* Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC 52620555.

## External links[edit]

* Media related to HMS Seahorse (ship, 1830) at Wikimedia Commons