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Samarang

HMS Samarang

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeFrigate
WarFirst Opium War
Main guns20 × 32-pounder guns

28-gun sixth rate. Fought at Chuenpi and the Bogue. Later Edward Belcher's survey ship in the East Indies.

H.M.S. Samarang 26 Guns In a gale crossing the Bay of Biscay on her passage home on the 23rd December 1846 Hand-coloured. unavailable Photo: Ackermann (publishers); Day and Son (printers); Dutton, Thomas Goldsworth (engraver), Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • Upper Deck: 20 × 32-pounder carronades
  • QD: 6 × 18-pounder carronades
  • Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns
BuilderCochin
Laid downMarch 1821
Launched1 January 1822
Length113 ft 8 in (34.65 m) (gundeck) 94 ft 8+3⁄4 in (28.873 m) (keel)
Complement175

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

Career

Launched

1 January 1822

7 January 1841

23–26 February 1841

Fate

Survived

Sold in November 1883