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Amphion

HMS Amphion

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeFrigate
RateFifth rate
Guns32
WarNapoleonic Wars

32-gun frigate. Nelson sailed out to the Mediterranean in her in 1803. William Hoste's ship at Lissa.

A view of the Battle of Lissa (or Battle of Vis), fought on 13 March 1811 between a combined French and Venetian squadron, commanded by Rear-Admiral Bernard Dubourdieu (1773-1811), and a smaller British squadron, commanded by Captain William Hoste (1780-1828), resulting in a British victory. Napoleo Photo: Robert Havell senior / Daniel Havell / After Thomas Whitcombe, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 26 × 18-pounder long guns + 6 × 24-pounder carronades + 6 × 6-pounder long guns
BuilderBetts, Mistleythorn
Laid downJuly 1796
Launched19 March 1798
Length144 ft (43.9 m) (gundeck)

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

Career

Launched

19 March 1798

13 March 1811

Captain William Hoste, wounded

Fate

Survived

Sunk as a breakwater in November 1820

Wreck sold in September 1823