HMS Stag (1830)

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

HMS Stag 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.

Stag
History
United Kingdom
Name	Stag
Namesake	Stag
Ordered	9 January 1823
Builder	Pembroke Dockyard
Laid down	April 1828
Launched	2 October 1830
Completed	9 July 1831
Commissioned	15 April 1831
Fate	Broken up by 8 August 1866
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
Complement	315
Armament	44 guns: Upper gundeck: 26 × 18-pdr cannon Quarterdeck: 10 × 32-pdr carronades; 2 × 68-pounder guns Forecastle: 4 × 32-pdr carronades

Description

The Andromeda sub-class was a slightly enlarged and improved version of the Druid sub-class, with a more powerful armament.^[1] Stag had a length at the gundeck of 159 feet 3 inches (48.5 m) and 133 feet 3 inches (40.6 m) at the keel. She had a beam of 42 feet (12.8 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 1167 42⁄94 tons burthen.^[2] 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.^[3]

Construction and career

Stag, the fourth ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy,^[4] was ordered on 9 January 1823, laid down in April 1828 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 2 October 1830.^[3] She was completed for ordinary at Plymouth Dockyard in October 1830. The ship was commissioned on 15 April 1831 and ready for sea by 9 July.^[2]