HMS Forth (1833)

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

History
United Kingdom
Name:	Forth
Ordered:	9 June 1825
Builder:	Pembroke Dockyard
Laid down:	November 1828
Launched:	1 August 1833
Fate:	Sold for scrap, 4 August 1883
General characteristics
Class & type:	Seringapatam-class frigate
Tons burthen:	1218 40/94 bm
Length:	159 ft 3 in (48.5 m) (gundeck) 133 ft 3 in (40.6 m) (keel)
Beam:	42 ft (12.8 m)
Draught:	14 ft 8 in (4.5 m)
Depth:	13 ft 3 in (4.0 m)
Sail plan:	Full-rigged ship

HMS Forth was a 44-gun Seringapatam-class fifth-rate frigate built for the Royal Navy during the 1820s, one of three ships of the Andromeda sub-class. After completion in 1833, she was ordered to be converted into a steam-powered ship in 1845, but this did not happen for another decade.

Description

The Andromeda sub-class was a slightly enlarged and improved version of the Druid sub-class, with a more powerful armament. Forth had a length at the gundeck of 159 feet (48.5 m) and 133 feet (40.5 m) at the keel. She had a beam of 42 feet 2 inches (12.9 m), a draught of 14 feet 8 inches (4.5 m) and a depth of hold of 13 feet 3 inches (4.0 m). The ship's tonnage was 1228 ​⁴⁶⁄₉₄ tons burthen. The Andromeda sub-class was armed with twenty-six 18-pounder cannon on her gundeck, ten 32-pounder carronades and a pair of 68-pounder guns on her quarterdeck and four more 32-pounder carronades in the forecastle. The ships had a crew of 315 officers and ratings.

Construction and career

Forth, the second ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy, was ordered on 9 June 1825, laid down in November 1828 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 1 August 1830. She was completed for ordinary at Plymouth Dockyard on 2 September 1833.