HMS Amazon (1795)
Original profile plan of Amazon and her sister ship, Emerald, built to the same lines and dimensions. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Amazon |
| Namesake | Amazons |
| Ordered | 24 May 1794 |
| Builder | Wells & Co., Rotherhithe |
| Laid down | June 1794 |
| Launched | 4 July 1795 |
| Completed | 25 September 1795 at Deptford Dockyard |
| Commissioned | July 1795 |
| Fate | Wrecked, 14 January 1797 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Amazon-class fifth-rate frigate |
| Tons burthen | 933 67⁄94 bm |
| Length |
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| Beam | 38 ft 4 in (11.68 m) |
| Depth of hold | 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Complement | 264 |
| Armament |
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HMS Amazon, was a 36-gun Amazon-class frigate, built at Rotherhithe in 1795 to a design by Sir William Rule. Carrying a main battery of 18-pounder long guns, she was the first of a class of four frigates. She had a short but eventful career during the French Revolutionary War, which she spent in the Channel and Western Approaches, part of a frigate squadron under Sir Edward Pellew. She was wrecked in Audierne Bay in 1797, following an action on 13 January with the French ship-of-the-line, Droits de l'Homme.