HMS Myrmidon (1813)
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 Myrmidon | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Myrmidon |
| Namesake | Myrmidons |
| Ordered | 2 August 1811 |
| Builder | Milford Dockyard |
| Laid down | July 1812 |
| Launched | 18 June 1813 |
| Completed | 6 February 1814 |
| Commissioned | August 1814 |
| Fate | Broken up by 10 January 1823 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Hermes-class post ship |
| Tons burthen | 509 25/94 bm |
| Length | |
| Beam | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
| Draught | 10 ft 3 in (3.1 m) |
| Depth | 8 ft 8 in (2.6 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 135 |
| Armament |
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HMS Myrmidon was a 20-gun Hermes-class sixth-rate post ship built for the Royal Navy during the 1810s. She was commissioned in 1813 and was in the Mediterranean four years later. The ship was on the Africa Station in 1819 and was paid off three years later. Myrmidon was broken up in 1823.
Myrmidon had a length at the gundeck of 119 feet 11 inches (36.6 m) and 99 feet 10 inches (30.4 m) at the keel. She had a beam of 31 feet (9.4 m), a draught of 10 feet 3 inches (3.1 m) and a depth of hold of 8 feet 8 inches (2.6 m). The ship's tonnage was 509 25⁄94 tons burthen. Myrmidon was armed with eighteen 32-pounder carronades and a pair of 9-pounder cannon as chase guns. The ship had a crew of 135 officers and ratings.[1]
Myrmidon, the second ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy,[2] was ordered on 2 August 1811, laid down in July 1812 in Milford Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 18 June 1813. She was completed at Plymouth Dockyard on 6 February 1814.[1]