 HMS Astraea captures the Gloire, a print by Thomas Whitcombe | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Builders |
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| Operators | United Kingdom |
| Preceded by | Amazon class |
| Succeeded by | Hermione class |
| Built | 1780–1784 |
| In commission | 1780–1830 |
| Planned | 8 |
| Completed | 8 |
| Lost | 3 |
| Scrapped | 5 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | 32-gun fifth-rate frigate |
| Tons burthen | 68929⁄94 (bm) |
| Length |
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| Beam | 35 ft 2+1⁄4 in (10.7 m) |
| Draught | 8 ft (2.4 m) |
| Depth of hold | 12 ft 1+1⁄2 in (3.7 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 220 |
| Armament |
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The Active-class frigate was a 32-gun fifth-rate frigate class of eight ships designed by Edward Hunt to replace the Amazon class design, which they resembled with a distinct midsection. Due to poor performance of the Active class, orders continued for the Amazon class.
Description
The Active class was designed with a 126-foot (38 m) gundeck, measuring 103 ft 9+5⁄8 in (31.639 m) at the keel, 35 ft 4 in (10.77 m) at the beam, and a draught of 12 ft 2 in (3.71 m). They displaced 689+25⁄94 tons burthen. The class was designed with an armament of 26 12-pounder (5.4 kg) cannon on the gundeck, four 6-pounder (2.7 kg) guns on the quarterdeck with four 24-pounder (11 kg) carronades, and two 6 pdr guns and two 24 pdr carronades on the forecastle.
Ships in class
- HMS Cerberus (1779) - wrecked attempting to exit Castle Harbour, Bermuda, via Castle Roads
- HMS Active (1780) – wrecked on Anticosti Island in the St Lawrence estuary 13 July 1796, abandoned 30 July 1796.
- HMS Daedalus (1780) - broken up July 1811.
- HMS Fox (1780) – broken up 1816
- HMS Astraea (1781) – wrecked on Anegada Island in the Virgin Islands 23 March 1808.
- HMS Ceres (1781) – broken up 1830.
- HMS Quebec (1781) – broken up 1830.
- HMS Mermaid (1784) - broken up November 1815.
References
- Winfield, Rif (2014). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. ISBN 978-1-84415-717-4.
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