HMS Talbot (1824)

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

History
United Kingdom
Name:	Talbot
Ordered:	30 April 1818
Builder:	Pembroke Dockyard
Laid down:	March 1821
Launched:	9 October 1824
Completed:	21 December 1825
Commissioned:	21 September 1825
Reclassified:	As a depot ship, February 1855
Fate:	Sold for scrap, 5 March 1896
General characteristics
Class & type:	Atholl-class frigate
Tons burthen:	500 18/94 bm
Length:	113 ft 8 in (34.6 m) (gundeck) 94 ft 8 in (28.9 m) (keel)
Beam:	31 ft 10 in (9.7 m)
Draught:	12 ft (3.7 m)
Depth:	8 ft 9 in (2.7 m)
Sail plan:	Full-rigged ship
Complement:	175
Armament:	28 guns: Upper gundeck: 20 × 32-pdr carronades Quarterdeck: 6 × 18-pdr carronades Forecastle: 2 × 9-pdr cannon

HMS Talbot was a 28-gun Atholl-class sixth-rate frigate built for the Royal Navy during the 1820s.

Description

Talbot had a length at the gundeck of 113 feet 8 inches (34.6 m) and 94 feet 8 inches (28.9 m) at the keel. She had a beam of 31 feet 10 inches (9.7 m), a draught of 12 feet (3.7 m) and a depth of hold of 8 feet 9 inches (2.7 m). The ship's tonnage was 500 ​¹⁸⁄₉₄ tons burthen. The Atholl class was armed with twenty 32-pounder carronades on her gundeck, six 32-pounder carronades on her quarterdeck and a pair of 9-pounder cannon in the forecastle. The ships had a crew of 175 officers and ratings.

Construction and career

Talbot, the fourth ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy, was ordered on 30 April 1818, laid down in March 1821 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 9 October 1824. She was completed on 21 December 1824 at Plymouth Dockyard and commissioned on 21 September of that year.

References

• Winfield, p. 795
• Winfield & Lyon, p. 112
• Colledge, p. 343