HMS Stag (1830)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Stag.

History
United Kingdom
Name:	Stag
Namesake:	Stag
Ordered:	9 January 1823
Builder:	Pembroke Dockyard
Laid down:	April 1828
Launched:	2 October 1830
Completed:	9 July 1831
Commissioned:	15 April 1831
Fate:	Broken up by 8 August 1866
General characteristics
Class and type:	Seringapatam-class frigate
Tons burthen:	1218 40/94 bm
Length:	159 ft 3 in (48.5 m) (gundeck) 133 ft 3 in (40.6 m) (keel)
Beam:	42 ft (12.8 m)
Draught:	14 ft 8 in (4.5 m)
Depth:	13 ft 3 in (4.0 m)
Sail plan:	Full-rigged ship
Complement:	315
Armament:	44 guns: Upper gundeck: 26 × 18-pdr cannon Quarterdeck: 10 × 32-pdr carronades; 2 × 68-pounder guns Forecastle: 4 × 32-pdr carronades

HMS Stag was a 44-gun Seringapatam-class fifth-rate frigate built for the Royal Navy during the 1820s, one of three ships of the Andromeda sub-class.

Contents

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  1 Description
  


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  2 Construction and career
  


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  3 Notes
  


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  4 References
  

Description

The Andromeda sub-class was a slightly enlarged and improved version of the Druid sub-class, with a more powerful armament.^[1]Stag had a length at the gundeck of 159 feet 3 inches (48.5 m) and 133 feet 3 inches (40.6 m) at the keel. She had a beam of 42 feet (12.8 m), a draught of 14 feet 8 inches (4.5 m) and a depth of hold of 13 feet 3 inches (4.0 m). The ship's tonnage was 1167 ​⁴²⁄₉₄ tons burthen.^[2] The Andromeda sub-class was armed with twenty-six 18-pounder cannon on her gundeck, ten 32-pounder carronades and a pair of 68-pounder guns on her quarterdeck and four more 32-pounder carronades in the forecastle. The ships had a crew of 315 officers and ratings.^[3]

Construction and career

Stag, the fourth ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy,^[4] was ordered on 9 January 1823, laid down in April 1828 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 2 October 1830.^[3] She was completed for ordinary at Plymouth Dockyard in October 1830. The ship was commissioned on 15 April 1831 and ready for sea by 9 July.^[2]

Notes

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   ^ Winfield, pp. 712–13
   


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   ^ ^ab Winfield, p. 717
   


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   ^ ^ab Winfield & Lyon, p. 110
   


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   ^ Colledge, p. 331
   

References

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  Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475. 
  


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  Phillips, Lawrie; Lieutenant Commander (2014). Pembroke Dockyard and the Old Navy: A Bicentennial History. Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK: The History Press. ISBN 978-0-7509-5214-9. 
  


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  Winfield, Rif (2014). British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1817-1863 (epub)|format= requires |url= (help). Barnsley, UK: Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-47383-743-0. 
  


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  Winfield, Rif & Lyon, David (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC 52620555. 
  

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