HMS Herald (1824)

HMS Herald in Sydney Harbour, 1857, albumen print.
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Herald
Ordered5 June 1819
BuilderEast India Company dockyard, Cochin, British India
Laid downMarch 1820
Launched15 November 1822
Commissioned16 July 1824
Renamed
  • Launched as HMS Termagant in 1822
  • Renamed Herald on 15 May 1824
Reclassified
  • Survey vessel in June 1845
  • Chapel ship in 1861
FateSold for breaking on 28 April 1862
General characteristics
Class & typeAtholl-class 28-gun sixth-rate corvette
Tons burthen499 91⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • 113 ft 8 in (34.6 m) (gundeck)
  • 94 ft 8+3⁄4 in (28.9 m) (keel)
Beam
  • As built:31 ft 10 in (9.7 m)
  • For tonnage:31 ft 6 in (9.6 m)
Depth of hold8 ft 9 in (2.67 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement175
Armament
  • Upper deck: 20 × 32-pounder (25 cwt) carronades
  • QD: 6 × 18-pounder carronades
  • Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns

HMS Herald was an Atholl-class 28-gun sixth-rate corvette of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1822 as HMS Termagant, commissioned in 1824 as HMS Herald and converted to a survey ship in 1845. After serving as a chapel ship from 1861, she was sold for breaking in 1862.

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