HMS Apollo (1805)

HMS Apollo (1805)

HMS "Apollo", the fifth ship of the Royal Navy to be named for the Greek god Apollo, was a Fifth rate frigate of the "Lively" Class, carrying 38 guns, launched in 1805 and broken up in 1856. [p.17, Colledge & Warlow]

In 1806 she operated off southern Italy, under Captain Fellowes, and in 1807 took part in the Alexandria expedition of 1807. In 1808, under Captain Taylor, she raided French convoys in the western Mediterranean, returning home at the end of the year. In 1811 she returned to the Mediterranean, fighting a large number of small-scale actions and raiding various French-held islands. However, Captain Taylor was drowned in early 1814 when his boat capsized, and "Apollo" returned to England. She was placed in ordinary at Portsmouth the following year. [ [http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/18-1900/A/00281.html HMS "Apollo"] ]

During the First Opium War she served as a troopship.

Citations and notes

References

*Colledge

* Rif Winfield, "British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1793-1817", Chatham Publishing, London 2005.

* [http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/18-1900/A/00281.html] , HMS "Apollo", Index of 19th Century Naval Vessels

External links

* [http://www.cronab.demon.co.uk/A4.HTM Sailing ships of the Royal Navy, A4]


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