HMS Active

Survived

Type	Frigate
Rate	Fifth rate
Guns	38
War	Napoleonic Wars

38-gun frigate. In the Dardanelles in 1807. Under James Gordon at Lissa, where she took Corona.

(Recto) HMS Frigate 'Phaeton', 1822; (Verso) HMS 'Active' No. 27 of 73 (PAI0889 - PAI0961) (Recto) Drawing insribed in the upper right 'Monday Sepr 16 – 1822 -/ H.M. Frigate Phaeton -', with an indistinct inscription in the upper left. HMS 'Phaeton', 38-guns, was launched at Liverpool on 12 June 178 Photo: John Christian Schetky, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

Upper deck: 28 × 18-pounder guns
QD: 8 × 9-pounder guns + 6 × 32-pounder carronades
Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns + 2 × 32-pounder carronades

Builder	Chatham Dockyard (M/Shipwright Edward Sison)
Laid down	July 1798
Launched	14 December 1799
Commissioned	December 1799
Length	150 ft (45.7 m) (gundeck)
Complement	284 (later 315)

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

14 December 1799

Dardanelles Operation

Damaged

19 February – 3 March 1807

Battle of Lissa

Damaged

13 March 1811

Captain James Gordon; took Corona

Fate

Survived

Broken up in October 1860