HMS Blonde (1819)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Blonde and HMS Calypso.
HMS Blonde was a 46-gun modified Apollo-class fifth-rate frigate of 1,103 tons burthen. She undertook an important voyage to the Pacific Ocean in 1824. She was used for harbour service from 1850 and was renamed HMS Calypso in 1870, before being sold in 1895.[1]
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HMS Blonde, by Robert Dampier, 1825 | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Blonde |
Ordered | 11 December 1812 |
Builder | Deptford Dockyard |
Laid down | March 1816 |
Launched | 12 January 1819 |
Completed | 1824 |
Renamed | HMS Calypso on 9 March 1870 |
Reclassified | Receiving ship in November 1850 |
Fate | Sold on 28 February 1895 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | 46-gun modified Apollo-class fifth-rate frigate |
Tons burthen | 1,103 bm |
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Beam | 39 ft 8 in (12.1 m) |
Depth of hold | 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Complement | 315 |
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