For other ships of the same name, see HMS Diana.
HMS Diana (1794) | |
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Career (United Kingdom) | |
Name: | HMS Diana |
Ordered: | 28 March 1793 |
Builder: | Randall & Brent, Rotherhithe |
Laid down: | March 1793 |
Launched: | 3 March 1794 |
Completed: | 6 June 1794 |
Out of service: | Sold to the Dutch Navy on 7 March 1815 |
Honours and awards: | Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Egypt"[1] |
Career (Netherlands) | |
Name: | Diana |
Acquired: | Bought from the British on 7 March 1815 |
Fate: | Destroyed in dry-dock accident on 16 January 1839 |
General characteristics | |
Type: | 38-gun Artois-class fifth rate frigate |
Tons burthen: | 999 3⁄94 bm |
Length: |
146 ft 3 in (44.6 m) (overall) 121 ft 8 1⁄2 in (37.1 m) (keel) |
Beam: | 39 ft 3 1⁄2 in (12.0 m) |
Depth of hold: | 13 ft 9 in (4.19 m) |
Sail plan: | Full-rigged ship |
Complement: | 270 (later 315) |
Armament: |
Upper deck: 28 x 18-pounder guns |
HMS Diana was a 38-gun Artois-class fifth rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1794.
Because Diana served in the navy's Egyptian campaign between 8 March 1801 and 2 September, her officers and crew qualified for the clasp "Egypt" to the Naval General Service Medal that the Admiralty authorized in 1850 to all surviving claimants.[Note 1] On 7 March 1815 HMS Diana was sold to the Dutch navy for £36,796. On 27 August 1816 she was one of six Dutch frigates that participated in the bombardment of Algiers.
Fate[]
HMS Diana was destroyed in a fire on 16 January 1839 while in dry-dock at Willemsoord, Den Helder.
Notes, citations, and references[]
- Notes
- Sources
- ↑ "No. 21077". 15 March 1850. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/21077/page/
- ↑ "No. 17915". 3 April 1823. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/17915/page/
- 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. OCLC 67375475.
- Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1794–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 1-86176-246-1.
- HMS Diana at Modelships.de - ship model with a short description.
- HMS Diana at Jotika Ltd. - another model with additional info.
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