HMS Janus (1778)
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 Great Britain |
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| Name: | HMS Janus |
| Ordered: | 24 July 1776 |
| Builder: | Robert Batson, Limehouse |
| Laid down: | 9 August 1776 |
| Launched: | 14 May 1778 |
| Completed: | By 11 August 1778 |
| Renamed: | Dromedary on 3 March 1788 |
| Reclassified: | 24-gun storeship in 1787 |
| Fate: | Wrecked on 10 August 1800 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Roebuck-class fifth rate |
| Tons burthen: | 883 80⁄94 (bm) |
| Length: | |
| Beam: | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 452: attempt to index field 'titles' (a nil value). |
| Depth of hold: | 16 ft 4 in (5.0 m) |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Complement: | 300 |
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HMS Janus was a 44-gun Roebuck-class fifth rate of the Royal Navy.
History
From May 1780 she was under the command of Captain Horatio Nelson, though he was superseded by September that year.[1]
Loss
HMS Dromedary was wrecked on the Parasol Rocks, Trinidad on 10 August 1800. Her entire complement survived.[2]
References
- ↑ Cuthbert Collingwood, 1748-1810, Royal Museums Greenwich
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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