HMS Apollo (1805)

Apollo at Sheerness, December 1850, by Captain George Pechell Mends
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Apollo
Ordered7 November 1803
BuilderGeorge Parsons, Bursledon
Cost£34,601
Laid downApril 1804
Launched27 June 1805
CommissionedJuly 1805
FateBroken up, 16 October 1856
General characteristics
Class & typeLively-class fifth-rate frigate
Tons burthen108577⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • Overall: 154 ft 3+1⁄2 in (47.0 m)
  • Keel: 129 ft 9+3⁄8 in (39.6 m)
Beam39 ft 8 in (12.1 m)
Depth of hold13 ft 6 in (4.1 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement
  • As frigate: 284 officers and men (later 300)
  • As troopship: 80 men
Armament
  • Frigate:
  • Upper deck: 28 × 18-pounder guns
  • QD: 2 × 9-pounder guns, 12 × 32-pounder carronades
  • Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns, 2 × 32-pounder carronades
  • Troopship: 6 × 18-pounder carronades + 2 × 9-pounder guns

HMS Apollo, the fifth ship of the Royal Navy to be named for the Greek god Apollo, was a fifth-rate frigate of the Lively class, carrying 38 guns, launched in 1805 and broken up in 1856.

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