HMS Comus (1828)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Comus.

History
United Kingdom
Name	Comus
Ordered	15 May 1821
Builder	Pembroke Dockyard
Laid down	October 1826
Launched	14 August 1828
Completed	28 February 1829
Commissioned	November 1828
Fate	Broken up, 10 May 1862
General characteristics
Class and type	Comet-class sloop
Tons burthen	462 16/94 bm
Length	113 ft 3 in (34.5 m) (gundeck) 92 ft 11 in (28.3 m) (keel)
Beam	31 ft 11 in (9.7 m)
Depth	8 ft (2.4 m)
Complement	125
Armament	2 × 6-pdr cannon; 16 × 32-pdr carronades

HMS Comus was an 18-gun sloop, the name ship of her class, built for the Royal Navy during the 1820s.

Description

Comus had a length at the gundeck of 113 feet 3 inches (34.5 m) and 92 feet 11 inches (28.3 m) at the keel. She had a beam of 30 feet 11 inches (9.4 m), and a depth of hold of 8 feet (2.4 m). The ship's tonnage was 462 16⁄94 tons burthen.^[1] The Comet class was armed with a pair of 9-pounder cannon in the bow and sixteen 32-pounder carronades. The ships had a crew of 125 officers and ratings.^[2]

Construction and career

Comus, the second ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy,^[3] was ordered with the name of Comet on 15 May 1821, laid down in October 1826 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 14 August 1828.^[2] She was completed on 28 February 1829 at Plymouth Dockyard and commissioned in November 1828. The ship was renamed Comus on 31 October 1832.^[1]

On 17 November 1833, Comus ran aground on the North Bank in Liverpool Bay during a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, England, to Dublin, Ireland.^[4]

Comus in action at the Battle of Vuelta de Obligado in 1846

On 25 September 1847, Comus was driven ashore and sank near Montevideo, Uruguay.^[5] Subsequently refloated, she was repaired and returned to service.^[6]

Comus at the Spithead Fleet Review on 15 July 1853

Comus was broken up on 10 May 1862.

Notes

1. Winfield, p. 903
2. Winfield & Lyon, p. 117
3. Colledge, p. 311
4. "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian Mercury. No. 17531. 23 November 1833.
5. "Shipping Intelligence". The Morning Chronicle. No. 24388. London. 22 December 1847.
6. "Comus". P Benyon. Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2018.

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
• Phillips, Lawrie; Lieutenant Commander (2014). Pembroke Dockyard and the Old Navy: A Bicentennial History. Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK: The History Press. ISBN 978-0-7509-5214-9.
• Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1793-1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth. ISBN 1-84415-700-8.
• Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC 52620555.

External links

• Naval database: Comus, 1832 Archived 17 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine