| Euryalus | 4156 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominal Guns | 36 | B028 | |
| Nationality | Great Britain | B028 | |
| Operator | The Royal Navy | B028 | |
| Ordered | 1800/08/16 | BWAS-1793 | |
| Keel Laid Down | 1801/10 | BWAS-1793 | |
| Launched | 1803/06/06 | B028 | |
| How acquired | Built by Contract | B028 | |
| Shipyard | Bucklers Hard | B028 | |
| Designed by | William Rule | BWAS-1793 | |
| Constructor | Balthazar Adams | BWAS-1793 | |
| Category | Fifth Rate | B028 | |
| Ship Type | Frigate | B028 | |
| Sold | 1860/16/08 | B028 | |
Dimensions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension | Measurement | Type | Metric Equivalent | BWAS-1793 |
| Length of Gundeck | 145' 2" | Imperial Feet | 44.2468 | Length of Keel | 121' 11 ¾" | Imperial Feet | 37.1792 | Breadth | 38' 2 ⅛" | Imperial Feet | 11.6364 | Depth in Hold | 13' 3" | Imperial Feet | 4.0386 | Draught Forward | 10' 11" | Imperial Feet | 3.3274 | Draught Aft | 14' 10" | Imperial Feet | 4.5212 | Burthen | 946 16⁄94 | Tons BM |
Armament | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1803/06/06 | Broadside Weight = 476 Imperial Pound ( 215.866 kg) | BWAS-1793 | ||
| Upper Gun Deck | 26 | British 18-Pounder | ||
| Quarterdeck | 10 | British 32-Pound Carronade | ||
| Quarterdeck | 2 | British 9-Pounder | ||
| Forecastle | 2 | British 9-Pounder | ||
| Forecastle | 4 | British 32-Pound Carronade | ||
| Crew Complement | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | # of Men | Notes | Source |
| 1803/06 | 264 | BWAS-1793 | |
| Flag Officers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Rank | Name | Source |
| 1805/10/22 | 1805/10/31 | Vice-Admiral of the Blue | Cuthbert Collingwood | NAO |
| Commanders | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Rank | Name | Source |
| 1803/06 | 1806/02 | Captain | Henry Blackwood | BWAS-1793 |
| 1806/02 | 1811/05 | Captain | George Dundas | BWAS-1793 |
| 1811/03/06 | 1811/04/15 | Captain | Abel Ferris | NAO |
| 1811/05 | 1811/12 | Captain | George Granville Waldegrave | BWAS-1793 |
| 1811/12 | 1813 | Captain | Jeremiah Coghlan | BWAS-1793 |
| 1812/11 | 1812/12 | Captain | Thomas Usher | BWAS-1793 |
| 1813 | 1815/06 | Captain | Charles John Napier | BWAS-1793 |
| 1815/06 | 1821/01 | Captain | Thomas Huskisson | BWAS-1793 |
| 1821/10 | 1825/03 | Captain | Sir Augustus William James Clifford | BWAS-1793 |
| Commissioned Officers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Rank | Name | Source |
| 1804/01/20 | 1806 | Lieutenant | J. L. Williams | NBD1849 |
| 1805/05/29 | 1806 | Lieutenant | Charles Kempthorne Quash | NBD1849 |
| 1805/07/22 | 1806 | Lieutenant | Walter Pike | NBD1849 |
| 1818/07/03 | 1820/12/30 | Lieutenant | John Ralph Blois | NBD1849 |
| 1818/08/25 | 1819 | First Lieutenant | Thomas Bevis | NBD1849 |
| 1821/10/22 | 1823/05/17 | Lieutenant | Adolphus Fitzclarence | W025 |
| 1823/05/16 | 1825/12 | Lieutenant | Thomas Maitland | W025 |
| 1823/07/29 | 1825/08/10 | Lieutenant | Charles Talbot | NBD1849 |
| Petty Officers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Rank | Name | Source |
| 1804/12/21 | 1805/09/30 | Masters Mate | James Bayly | NAO |
| 1805/05/29 | 1805/09/30 | 1st Class Volunteer | William Henry Bruce | NAO |
| 1805/10/01 | Unknown | Midshipman | William Henry Bruce | NAO |
| 1805/10/01 | 1805/10/22 | Midshipman | James Bayly | NAO |
| 1821 | 1824/07 | Midshipman | William Cheselden Browne | NBD1849 |
| Service History | Date | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 1803/06 | Commissioned for the Channel and the Irish coast | BWAS-1793 |
| 1805/10/21 | Present at the Battle of Trafalgar | |
| 1808/06/16 | Her boats took a Danish gunboat in the Great Belt | BWAS-1793 |
| 1809 | In the Walcheren operations and landings | BWAS-1793 |
| 1809/07/28 | Present at the Walcheren Expedition | |
| 1809/11/18 | Took the Privateer L'Étoile off Cherbourg | |
| 1810/04/26 | Sailed for the Mediterranean | BWAS-1793 |
| 1810/06/07 | Took the Privateer L'Intrépide off Corsica | |
| 1811/04/16 | Sailed for the Mediterranean | BWAS-1793 |
| 1813 | Present at the Blockade of Toulon | BWAS-1793 |
| 1813/05/16 | Detroyed the storeship La Baleine at Calvi | BWAS-1793 |
| 1813/05/16 | Took the Unrated Xebec Fortune by boats | |
| 1815/06 | Paid off and then recommissioned | BWAS-1793 |
| 1815/12 | Began middling repair at Woolwich Dockyard | BWAS-1793 |
| 1816/11 | Completed middling repair at Woolwich Dockyard | BWAS-1793 |
| 1818/05 | Began fitting for sea at Chatham Dockyard | BWAS-1793 |
| 1818/10 | Completed fitting for sea at Chatham Dockyard | BWAS-1793 |
| 1819 | Sailed for the Leeward Islands, acting as flagship from 1819/11 to 1820/05 | BWAS-1793 |
| 1820/05 | Sailed to Jamaica acting as flagship from 1820/06 to 1820/12 | BWAS-1793 |
| 1823 | In the Mediterranean | BWAS-1793 |
| 1825/03 | Paid off | BWAS-1793 |
| 1825/08 | Began fitting as a Convict Ship at Chatham Dockyard | BWAS-1793 |
| 1825/11 | Completed fitting as a Convict Ship at Chatham Dockyard at a cost of £7936.0.0d | BWAS-1793 |
| 1845 | In use as a coal hulk at Sheerness | BWAS-1793 |
| 1845 | Re-classed as a Other VesselsCoal Depot | |
| 1846/07 | Began fitting as a Convict Ship at Sheerness Dockyard | BWAS-1793 |
| 1847/02 | Moved to Gibraltar as a convict ship | BWAS-1793 |
| 1847/02 | Completed fitting as a Convict Ship at Sheerness Dockyard at a cost of £11104.0.0d | BWAS-1793 |
| 1859 | Renamed Africa | |
| 1860/16/08 | Sold to A C Recano at Gibraltar for £337.6.8d | BWAS-1793 |
| Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Description | Author | Type |
| B028 | Ships of the Royal Navy - Volume I | J. J. Colledge | Book |
| BWAS-1793 | British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793 - 1817 | Rif Winfield | Book |
| NAO | The National Archive - Trafalgar Ancestors | Various | Web Site |
| NBD1849 | A Naval Biographical Dictionary 1849 | O'Brien | Digital Book |
| W025 | William Loney RN - Background | P Davis | Web Site |