HMS Horatio (1807)

Drawing of Horatio after repair in 1819
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Horatio
Ordered15 June 1805
BuilderGeorge Parsons, Bursledon, Hampshire
Laid downJuly 1805
Launched23 April 1807
Completed4 August 1807
FateSold to break up 1861 at Charlton
General characteristics
Class & typeLively-class frigate
Tons burthen1,071 51⁄94 tons bm (as designed)
Length154 ft (47 m)
Beam39 ft 5 in (12.01 m)
Draught13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
PropulsionSail
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement284 (later raised to 300, then in 1813 to 320)
Armament
  • As ordered :
  • UD: 28 × 18-pounder guns
  • QD: 2 × 9-pounder guns + 12 × 32-pounder carronades
  • FC: 2 × 9-pounder guns + 2 × 32-pounder carronades

HMS Horatio was a Royal Navy 38-gun fifth-rate Lively-class frigate, built out of fir timbers at the yard of George Parsons in Bursledon.

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