HMS Amethyst (1799)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Amethyst.
HMS Amethyst was a Royal Navy 36-gun Penelope-class fifth-rate frigate, launched in 1799 at Deptford. Amethyst served in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars, capturing several prizes. She also participated in two boat actions and two ship actions that won her crew clasps to the Naval General Service Medal. She was broken up in 1811 after suffering severe damage in a storm.
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Capture of the Thétis by HMS Amethyst on 10 November 1808, by Thomas Whitcombe | |
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Name | HMS Amethyst |
Builder | Deptford Dockyard |
Launched | 24 April 1799 |
Commissioned | May 1799 |
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Class and type | Penelope-class frigate |
Tons burthen | 104548⁄94 (bm) |
Length | 150 ft (45.7 m) (overall); 125 ft 5+3⁄8 in (38.2 m) (keel) |
Beam | 39 ft 7 in (12.1 m) |
Depth of hold | 13 ft 0 in (4.0 m) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Complement | 274 |
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