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Volage

HMS Volage

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeCorvette
Guns22
WarNapoleonic Wars

22-gun post ship, at Lissa, where she held off two frigates with her carronades.

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

  • Upper deck: 22 × 32-pounder carronades
  • QD: 6 × 24-pounder carronades
  • Fc: 2 × 6-pounder guns + 2 × 24-pounder carronades
BuilderRichard Chapman, Bideford
Laid downJanuary 1806
Launched23 March 1807
CommissionedMay 1807
Length118 ft 2+1⁄2 in (36.0 m) (gundeck) 98 ft 9 in (30.1 m) (keel)
Complement155

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

Career

Launched

23 March 1807

13 March 1811

Fate

Survived

Last mentioned in lists in 1831