HMS Calliope (1837)

Calliope at Garden Reach, Calcutta in 1841, by Lieutenant Francis Meynell R.N.
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Calliope
Ordered29 October 1830
BuilderSheerness Dockyard
Cost£17,882 including fitting
Laid downJanuary 1831
Launched5 October 1837
Commissioned10 October 1837
FateBroken up at Plymouth in November 1883
General characteristics
Class & typeAndromache-class sixth-rate frigate (later "corvette")
Tons burthen720 34/94 bm
Length
  • 130 ft 2 in (39.7 m) (gundeck)
  • 109 ft 3 in (33.3 m) (keel)
Beam35 ft 5.5 in (10.8 m)
Depth of hold10 ft 7 in (3.2 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement175
Armament
  • Upperdeck: 20 × 32-pdr gunnades
  • Quarterdeck: 6 × 32-pdr gunnades
  • Foc's'le: 2 × 32-pdr gunnades

HMS Calliope was a 28-gun sixth rate launched in October 1837 and broken up in November 1883.

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