Artois Class | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Great Britain |
| Nominal Guns | 38 |
| Approved | 1793/03/02 |
| Designer | John Henslow |
| Rate | Fifth Rate |
| Type | Frigate |
| Designed Crew | 270 |
| Ships in Class | 7 |
| Design Armament | Broadside Weight = 494 Imperial Pound ( 224.029 kg) | BWAS-1793 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Gun Deck | 28 | British 18-Pounder | |
| Quarterdeck | 12 | British 32-Pound Carronade | |
| Quarterdeck | 2 | British 9-Pounder | |
| Forecastle | 2 | British 9-Pounder | |
| Forecastle | 2 | British 32-Pound Carronade | |
| Design Dimensions and Ship Information | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ordered | Shipyard | Launched | Out of service | Fate | Gundeck Length | Length of Keel | Breadth | Depth in hold | Burthen | |
| As Designed | 146' 0" | 121' 7 ⅛" | 39' 0" | 13' 9" | 983 70⁄94 | |||||
| Artois | 1793/03/28 | Rotherhithe | 1794/01/03 | 1797/07/31 | Wrecked | 146' 3" | 121' 9 ¾" | 39' 2 ½" | 13' 9" | 996 5⁄94 |
| Diana | 1793/03/28 | Rotherhithe | 1794/03/03 | 1815/03/07 | Sold | 146' 3" | 121' 8 ½" | 39' 3 ½" | 13' 9" | 999 43⁄94 |
| Apollo | 1793/03/28 | Blackwall | 1794/03/18 | 1799/01/07 | Wrecked | 146' 3" | 121' 10" | 39' 2" | 13' 9" | 994 12⁄94 |
| Jason | 1793/04/01 | Deptford | 1794/04/03 | 1798/10/13 | Wrecked | 146' 3" | 121' 9" | 39' 3" | 13' 9" | 997 64⁄94 |
| Clyde | 1795/02/04 | Chatham Dockyard | 1796/03/26 | 1805/02/10 | Broken Up to Rebuild | 146' 0" | 122' 0 ¾" | 39' 3 ½" | 13' 9" | 1,002 34⁄94 |
| Tamar | 1795/02/04 | Chatham Dockyard | 1796/03/26 | 1810/01 | Broken Up | 146' 0" | 121' 10 ½" | 39' 3" | 13' 9" | 998 66⁄94 |
| Ethalion | 1795/04/30 | Harwich | 1797/03/14 | 1799/12/25 | Wrecked | 146' 1" | 121' 7" | 39' 2" | 13' 9" | 992 8⁄94 |
| Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Description | Author | Type |
| BWAS-1793 | British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793 - 1817 | Rif Winfield | Book |