HMS Shannon (1803)
Shannon on shore, by Edward Pelham Brenton, c.1803, in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Shannon |
| Ordered | 8 July 1801 |
| Builder | Josiah and Thomas Brindley, Frindsbury, Kent |
| Laid down | August 1801 |
| Launched | 2 September 1803 |
| Fate | Wrecked 10 December 1803 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | 36-gun Perseverance-class fifth-rate frigate |
| Tons burthen | 88128⁄98 bm |
| Length |
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| Beam | 38 ft 2+3⁄4 in (11.7 m) |
| Depth of hold | 13 ft 5+1⁄4 in (4.1 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Complement | 264 |
| Armament |
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The third HMS Shannon was a 36-gun Perseverance-class frigate of the British Royal Navy built at Frindsbury on the River Medway on the Thames Estuary. She was completed on 3 September 1803 during the Napoleonic Wars. Her name was changed from Pallas to Shannon shortly before construction, traditionally an omen of bad luck for a ship. In her case, she was wrecked within three months of her being launched.