HMS Bucephalus (1808)

HMS Bucephalus was a 32-gun frigate launched at Portsmouth on 3 November 1808. She was later reduced to 18-guns and converted into a troopship at Woolwich Dockyard in 1814.[1] It was involved in the Invasion of Java.[2][3]

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Bucephalus
Ordered19 May 1805
BuilderWilliam Rowe, Newcastle
Laid downAugust 1806
Launched3 November 1806
Completed17 June 1809
CommissionedMarch 1809
FateBroken up September 1834
General characteristics [1]
Tons burthen975 61⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • 150 ft (45.7 m) (gundeck)
  • 126 ft 6+1⁄8 in (38.6 m) (keel)
Beam38 ft (11.6 m)
Depth of hold12 ft 1 in (3.7 m)
Complement254
Armament
  • Gundeck: 26 × 18-pounder guns
  • QD: 2 × 9-pounder guns + 10 × 24-pounder carronades
  • Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns + 2 × 24-pounder carronades

Citations
  1. Winfield, British Warships, p.414.
  2. "Bucephalus, 1808". Naval Database. Roots Web. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  3. "log book, Indian or East Indian waters". National Archives. Retrieved 5 August 2021.

References
  • Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. London: Seaforth. ISBN 1-86176-246-1.
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