HMS Medusa (1801)

Medusa
History
United Kingdom
NameMedusa
Ordered28 January 1800
BuilderPitcher, Northfleet
Laid downApril 1800
Launched14 April 1801
Commissioned25 April 1801
Decommissioned17 November 1813
FateBroken up, 1816
General characteristics
Class & typeAmphion-class Fifth-rate frigate
Tons burthen920 tons bm
Length
  • 144 ft (44 m) (gun deck)
  • 121 ft 6 in (37.03 m) (keel)
Beam37 ft 8 in (11.48 m)
Depth of hold12 ft 5 in (3.78 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement254
Armament
  • Main Deck:
  • 26 × 18-pounders
  • 8 × 24-pounder carronades
  • Forecastle:
  • 2 × 6-pounders
  • 2 × 24-pounder carronades
Service record
Commanders:
Operations:

HMS Medusa was a 32-gun fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy that served in the Napoleonic Wars. Launched on 14 April 1801, she took part in the action of 5 October 1804 against a Spanish squadron, in the River Plate Expedition in 1807, and made several captures of enemy ships, before being converted to a hospital ship in 1813. She was broken up in 1816.

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