British Fifth Rate frigate 'Eurotas' (1829)

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Eurotas
Nominal Guns	46	B181
Nationality	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	13.9.1824	B181
Keel Laid Down	2.1827	B181
Acquired	19.2.1829	B181
Shipyard	Chatham Dockyard - Chatham	B181
Ship Class	Druid Class (1817)	B181
Designed by	John WilliamsBritish Designer Ship Builder Service 1762-1784	B181
Category	Fifth Rate	B181
Ship Type	Frigate	B181
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	B181
Sold for Break Up	1.11.1865	B181

Armament

19.2.1829Broadside Weight = 517 Imperial Pound ( 234.4595 kg)B181
Upper Gun Deck28 British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck14 British 32-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 32-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 9-Pounder

2.1848Broadside Weight = 128 Imperial Pound ( 58.048 kg)B181
Lower Gun Deck8 British 32-Pounder
Lower Gun Deck12 British 8inch
Upper Gun Deck4 British 10"

4.1856Broadside Weight = 196 Imperial Pound ( 88.886 kg)B181
Gun Deck2 British 13" Mortar
Lower Gun Deck8 British 32-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck2 British 68-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1817315Design Complement

Service History

DateEventSource
20.3.1829Completed at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham at a cost of £29683.0.0dB181
12.1845Began rebuilding at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham B181
2.1848Refitted as a 24 gun Fifth Rate Screw Frigate Blockship
2.1848Completed rebuilding at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham at a cost of £20577.0.0dB181
1855Refitted as a 12 gun Fifth Rate Screw Mortar Frigate
7.1855Began rebuilding at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham B181
10.4.1856Completed rebuilding at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham B181

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

B181David Lyon, Book

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