HMS Volage (1807)
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| Name: | HMS Volage |
| Builder: | Chapman, Bideford |
| Launched: | 23 March 1807 |
| Fate: | Sold on 29 January 1818 |
| General characteristics as built | |
| Class and type: | 22-gun sixth rate frigate |
| Tons burthen: | 530 long tons (538.5 t) |
| Length: | 118 ft (36.0 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 31 ft 6 in (9.6 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Armament: | 22 guns |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Volage.
HMS Volage was a sixth rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She served during the Napoleonic Wars.
Volage was built by Chapman, of Bideford and was launched on 23 March 1807. She was sent to the Mediterranean in 1808, soon after completion under Captain Rosenhagen. In 1811 she was taken over by Captain Phipps Hornby and served in the Adriatic, fighting at the Battle of Lissa and driving off a much larger French ship during the action. Following this victory, Volage was sent to the East Indies under Captain Mackay and in 1814 was serving on the Halifax station during the War of 1812. Her last active commission was in 1815 in the West Indies before returning to Britain. She was sold on 29 January 1818.
[edit] References
- Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
- Ships of the Old Navy
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