HMS Talbot (1824)

HMS Talbot was a 28-gun Atholl-class sixth-rate frigate built for the Royal Navy during the 1820s.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Talbot.

HMS Talbot, Captain Hon. F. Spencer in action at the Battle of Navarino by John Christian Schetky
History
United Kingdom
NameTalbot
Ordered30 April 1818
BuilderPembroke Dockyard
Laid downMarch 1821
Launched9 October 1824
Completed21 December 1825
Commissioned21 September 1825
ReclassifiedAs a depot ship, February 1855
FateSold for scrap, 5 March 1896
General characteristics
Class and typeAtholl-class frigate
Tons burthen50018⁄94 bm
Length
  • 113 ft 8 in (34.6 m) (gundeck)
  • 94 ft 8 in (28.9 m) (keel)
Beam31 ft 10 in (9.7 m)
Draught12 ft (3.7 m)
Depth8 ft 9 in (2.7 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement175
Armament

Description

Talbot had a length at the gundeck of 113 feet 8 inches (34.6 m) and 94 feet 8 inches (28.9 m) at the keel. She had a beam of 31 feet 10 inches (9.7 m), a draught of 12 feet (3.7 m) and a depth of hold of 8 feet 9 inches (2.7 m). The ship's tonnage was 500 18⁄94 tons burthen.[1] The Atholl class was armed with twenty 32-pounder carronades on her gundeck, six 32-pounder carronades on her quarterdeck and a pair of 9-pounder cannon in the forecastle. The ships had a crew of 175 officers and ratings.[2]

Construction and career

Talbot, the fourth ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy,[3] was ordered on 30 April 1818, laid down in March 1821 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 9 October 1824.[2] She was completed on 21 December 1824 at Plymouth Dockyard and commissioned on 21 September of that year.[1]

She was a participant at the Battle of Navarino on 20 October 1827.

HMS Phoenix, HMS Talbot and HMS Diligence at anchor in Holsteinborg from 8–17 June 1854

She took part in Inglefield's 1854 Arctic expedition as a depot ship.

Recovering the bodies from the sinking of SS Princess Alice

As a powder magazine off Beckton she overlooked the disastrous sinking of SS Princess Alice, a collision on the Thames on 14 September 1878.

Notes
  1. Winfield, p. 795
  2. Winfield & Lyon, p. 112
  3. Colledge, p. 343

References
  • Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
  • Phillips, Lawrie; Lieutenant Commander (2014). Pembroke Dockyard and the Old Navy: A Bicentennial History. Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK: The History Press. ISBN 978-0-7509-5214-9.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1793-1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.
  • Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC 52620555.
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