HMS Gorgon (1785)
Gorgon | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Gorgon |
| Namesake | Gorgon |
| Ordered | 19 June 1782 |
| Builder | Perry & Hankey, Blackwall Yard |
| Laid down | December 1782 |
| Launched | 27 January 1785 |
| Completed | 15 December 1787 at Portsmouth Dockyard |
| Honours & awards | Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Egypt" |
| Fate | Broken up, February 1817 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 896+54⁄94 tons bm (as designed) |
| Length |
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| Beam | 38 ft 3 in (11.66 m) |
| Depth of hold | 16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 300 (294 from 1794) |
| Armament |
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HMS Gorgon was a 44-gun fifth-rate two-decker ship of the Adventure class of 911 tons, launched at Blackwall Yard in 1785 and completed as a troopship. She was subsequently converted to a storeship. She also served as a guardship and a hospital ship at various times before being broken up in 1817.