HMS Castor (1832)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Castor
Ordered	13 May 1828
Builder	Chatham Dockyard
Laid down	January 1830
Launched	2 May 1832
Commissioned	June 1832
Reclassified	Training ship from January 1860; Royal Naval Reserve training ship from April 1862;
Fate	Sold on 25 August 1902
General characteristics
Class & type	36-gun fifth rate ship of the line
Displacement	1,808 tons
Tons burthen	1,283 bm
Length	159 ft (48 m) (overall); 133 ft 8 in (40.74 m) (gundeck);
Beam	42 ft 6 in (12.95 m)
Draught	13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	275
Armament	36 guns:; Upper gundeck: 22 × 32 pdrs; Quarterdeck: 10 × 18 pdrs; Forecastle: 4 × 18 pdrs; After later refit:; Upper gundeck: 18 × 32 pdrs and 4 × 68-pounders; Quarterdeck: 10 × 32 pdr gunnades; Forecastle: 4 × 32pdr gunnades;

HMS Castor, launched and commissioned in 1832, was a 36-gun fifth rate frigate of the Royal Navy and the third naval ship to bear the name.

History

United Kingdom
Name	HMS Castor
Ordered	13 May 1828
Builder	Chatham Dockyard
Laid down	January 1830
Launched	2 May 1832
Commissioned	June 1832
Reclassified	Training ship from January 1860 Royal Naval Reserve training ship from April 1862
Fate	Sold on 25 August 1902
General characteristics
Class & type	36-gun fifth rate ship of the line
Displacement	1,808 tons
Tons burthen	1,283 bm
Length	159 ft (48 m) (overall) 133 ft 8 in (40.74 m) (gundeck)
Beam	42 ft 6 in (12.95 m)
Draught	13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	275
Armament	36 guns: Upper gundeck: 22 × 32 pdrs Quarterdeck: 10 × 18 pdrs Forecastle: 4 × 18 pdrs After later refit: Upper gundeck: 18 × 32 pdrs and 4 × 68-pounders Quarterdeck: 10 × 32 pdr gunnades Forecastle: 4 × 32pdr gunnades