HMS Herald

Survived

Type	Frigate
War	First Opium War
Main guns	20 × 32-pounder guns

26-gun sixth rate. Fought at the Bogue and the First Bar; later a survey ship in the Pacific.

H.M.S. Herald Sydney Harbour 1857, by unknown, albumen print, from Album of views, illustrations and Macarthur family photographs, 1857-1879, State Library of New South Wales PXA 4358/Vol. 1 79(b) Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

Upper deck: 20 × 32-pounder (25 cwt) carronades
QD: 6 × 18-pounder carronades
Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns

Builder	East India Company dockyard, Cochin, British India
Laid down	March 1820
Launched	15 November 1822
Commissioned	16 July 1824
Length	113 ft 8 in (34.6 m) (gundeck) 94 ft 8+3⁄4 in (28.9 m) (keel)
Complement	175

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

Career

Launched

15 November 1822

Battle of the Bogue

Survived

23–26 February 1841

Battle of First Bar

Survived

27 February 1841

Fate

Survived

Sold for breaking on 28 April 1862