HMS Amazon

Wrecked

Type	Frigate
Guns	36 guns
War	French Revolutionary Wars

Frigate under Robert Carthew Reynolds that fought the Droits de l'Homme with Indefatigable in January 1797. Unable to get clear of the coast in the gale, she ran aground in Audierne Bay and was wrecked; her crew got ashore and were taken prisoner.

Profile plan of the sailing frigates HMS Amazon (1795) and HMS Emerald (1795). Both ships were ordered at the same time and it probably was not known which was which until the first was launched. Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

Gundeck: 26 × 18-pounder long guns
QD: 8 × 9-pounder long guns + 6 × 32-pounder carronades
Fc: 2 × 9-pounder long guns + 2 × 32-pounder carronades

Builder	Wells & Co., Rotherhithe
Laid down	June 1794
Launched	4 July 1795
Commissioned	July 1795
Length	143 ft 2.5 in (43.650 m) (gundeck) 119 ft 5.5 in (36.411 m) (keel)
Complement	264

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

Career

Launched

4 July 1795

Action of 13 January 1797

Wrecked

13–14 January 1797

Robert Carthew Reynolds; ran aground, crew taken prisoner