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Euryalus

HMS Euryalus

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeFrigate
RateFifth rate
Guns36
WarNapoleonic Wars

36-gun frigate under Captain Henry Blackwood, who watched the Combined Fleet out of Cádiz. Collingwood moved his flag to her after Trafalgar and wrote his despatch aboard her.

To Trafalgar, by Thomas Buttersworth - Victory (foreground) and HMS Eurylaus on the left at anchor, by Thomas Buttersworth. As described on a very early label on its reverse, this painting depicts the anchorage off Spithead, England on the morning of 15 September 1805 as Lord Admiral Nelson assumes Photo: Thomas Buttersworth, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • Upper deck: 26 × 18-pounder guns
  • QD: 2 × 9-pounder guns + 10 × 32-pounder carronades
  • Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns + 4 × 32-pounder carronades
BuilderBalthazar & Edward Adams, Bucklers Hard
Laid downOctober 1801
Launched6 June 1803
CommissionedJune 1803
LengthOverall:145 ft 2 in (44.2 m) Keel:121 ft 11+3⁄4 in (37.2 m)
Complement264 men

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

Career

Launched

6 June 1803

21 October 1805

Collingwood moved his flag to her

Fate

Survived

Broken up, 1860