HMS Actaeon (1831)

	A design plan of Actaeon signed by Richard Blake (master shipwright, Portsmouth Dockyard, 1835–1844).
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Actaeon
Ordered	23 October 1827
Builder	Portsmouth Dockyard
Laid down	September 1828
Launched	31 January 1831
Commissioned	16 April 1831
Reclassified	Survey ship in 1856; Hospital ship in 1866; Hulked in February 1870;
Fate	Sold for breaking up in February 1889
General characteristics
Class & type	Sixth-rate frigate
Tons burthen	620 bm
Length	121 ft 6 in (37.03 m) (overall); 100 ft 4 in (30.58 m) (keel);
Beam	34 ft (10.4 m)
Draught	9 ft 7 in (2.92 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	175
Armament	26 guns; Upper deck: 20 × 32-pounder gunnades; Quarter deck: 4 × 32-pounder carronades; Forecastle: 2 × 9-pounder (or 2 × 32-pounder carronades);

HMS Actaeon was a 26-gun sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy.

History
A design plan of Actaeon signed by Richard Blake (master shipwright, Portsmouth Dockyard, 1835–1844).
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Actaeon
Ordered	23 October 1827
Builder	Portsmouth Dockyard
Laid down	September 1828
Launched	31 January 1831
Commissioned	16 April 1831
Reclassified	Survey ship in 1856 Hospital ship in 1866 Hulked in February 1870
Fate	Sold for breaking up in February 1889
General characteristics
Class & type	Sixth-rate frigate
Tons burthen	620 bm
Length	121 ft 6 in (37.03 m) (overall) 100 ft 4 in (30.58 m) (keel)
Beam	34 ft (10.4 m)
Draught	9 ft 7 in (2.92 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	175
Armament	26 guns Upper deck: 20 × 32-pounder gunnades Quarter deck: 4 × 32-pounder carronades Forecastle: 2 × 9-pounder (or 2 × 32-pounder carronades)