Amazon Class | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Great Britain |
| Nominal Guns | 32 |
| Approved | 1770 |
| Designer | John Williams |
| Rate | Fifth Rate |
| Type | Frigate |
| Designed Crew | 220 |
| Ships in Class | 18 |
| Design Armament | Broadside Weight = 228 Imperial Pound ( 103.398 kg) | BWAS-1714 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Gun Deck | 26 | British 12-Pounder | |
| Quarterdeck | 4 | British 18-Pound Carronade | |
| Quarterdeck | 4 | British 6-Pounder | |
| Forecastle | 2 | British 18-Pound Carronade | |
| Forecastle | 2 | British 6-Pounder | |
| Design Dimensions and Ship Information | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ordered | Shipyard | Launched | Out of service | Fate | Gundeck Length | Length of Keel | Breadth | Depth in hold | Burthen | |
| As Designed | 126' 0" | 104' 0" | 35' 0" | 12' 2" | 677 62⁄94 | |||||
| Amazon | 1770/12/25 | Rotherhithe | 1773/05/24 | 1794/06 | Broken Up | 126' 4" | 104' 6" | 35' 2" | 12' 2 ½" | 687 39⁄94 |
| Ambuscade | 1770/12/25 | Deptford (Grove Street) | 1773/09/17 | 1798/12/14 | Captured | 126' 3" | 104' 1" | 35' 1 ¾" | 12' 2" | 683 81⁄94 |
| Thetis | 1770/12/25 | Bucklers Hard | 1773/11/02 | 1781/05/12 | Wrecked | 126' 1" | 104' 3 ⅜" | 35' 2" | 12' 2" | 685 92⁄94 |
| Cleopatra | 1778/05/13 | Bristol | 1779/11/26 | 1814/09/21 | Broken Up | 126' 5" | 104' 6 ¼" | 35' 2 ½" | 12' 1 ¾" | 689 17⁄94 |
| Orpheus | 1778/10/02 | Deptford (Grove Street) | 1780/06/03 | 1807/01/23 | Wrecked | 126' 4" | 104' 5 ⅜" | 35' 2 ¼" | 12' 2" | 688 66⁄94 |
| Juno | 1778/10/21 | Limehouse | 1780/09/30 | 1811/07 | Broken Up | 126' 6 ½" | 104' 7 ½" | 35' 2 ¼" | 12' 1 ½" | 689 29⁄94 |
| Amphion | 1778/06/11 | Chatham Dockyard | 1780/12/12 | 1796/09/22 | Blown Up | 126' 1" | 104' 3" | 35' 0" | 12' 2" | 679 27⁄94 |
| Iphigenia | 1779/02/26 | Mistleythorne | 1780/12/27 | 1801/07/20 | Burnt | 126' 2" | 104' 3" | 35' 0 ½" | 12' 2" | 680 72⁄94 |
| Success | 1779/02/22 | Liverpool | 1781/04/10 | 1801/02/13 | Captured | 126' 0" | 103' 10 ⅜" | 35' 2" | 12' 2" | 683 20⁄94 |
| Andromache | 1780/02/01 | Deptford (Grove Street) | 1781/11/17 | 1811/04 | Broken Up | 126' 2" | 104' 0" | 35' 0" | 12' 2" | 684 12⁄94 |
| Syren | 1781/03/01 | Mistleythorne | 1782/09/24 | 1822/09 | Broken Up | 126' 0" | 103' 10" | 35' 1 ¾" | 12' 2" | 679 8⁄94 |
| Iris | 1781/10/05 | Deptford (Grove Street) | 1783/05/02 | 1833/10 | Broken Up | 126' 2 ½" | 104' 3 ⅛" | 35' 3 ½" | 12' 2 ½" | 687 90⁄94 |
| Greyhound | 1781/10/22 | Mistleythorne | 1783/12/11 | 1808/10/04 | Wrecked | 126' 0" | 103' 11 ⅝" | 35' 1 ½" | 12' 2" | 682 24⁄94 |
| Meleager | 1782/01/11 | Frindsbury | 1785/02/28 | 1801/06/09 | Wrecked | 126' 0" | 104' 0" | 35' 1 ½" | 12' 2 ½" | 682 48⁄94 |
| Solebay | 1782/07/23 | Deptford (Grove Street) | 1785/03/26 | 1809/07/17 | Wrecked | 126' 3 ½" | 104' 5 ½" | 35' ¾" | 12' 2 ½" | 683 7⁄94 |
| Castor | 1782/01/30 | Harwich | 1785/05/26 | 1819/07/22 | Sold | 126' 0" | 104' 0" | 35' 1" | 12' 2" | 680 77⁄94 |
| Terpsichore | 1782/07/29 | Mistleythorne | 1785/12/17 | 1830/11 | Broken Up | 126' 0" | 103' 11 ⅝" | 35' 1 ½" | 12' 2" | 682 4⁄94 |
| Success | Unknown | Unknown | 1801/09/02 | 1820 | Broken Up | 126' 0" | 103' 10 ⅜" | 35' 2" | 12' 2" | 683 20⁄94 |
| Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Description | Author | Type |
| BWAS-1714 | British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792 | Rif Winfield | Book |