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North Star

HMS North Star

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeFrigate
WarFirst Opium War
Main guns20 × 32-pounder guns

28-gun sixth rate at Woosung and on the Yangtze.

The "North Star," sent in Search of Sir John Franklin's Expedition. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 26 May 1849. Photo: ILN staff The Illustrated London News, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

28 guns

  • Upper Deck: 20 × 32-pdr carronades
  • Quarterdeck: 6 × 18-pdr carronades
  • Forecasle: 2 × 9-pdr guns
BuilderWoolwich Dockyard
Laid downApril 1820
Launched7 February 1824
Length113 ft 8 in (34.65 m) (gundeck) 94 ft 8.75 in (28.8735 m) (keel)
Complement175

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

Career

Launched

7 February 1824

16 June 1842

Fate

Survived

Broken up at Chatham Dockyard in 1860