HMS Shannon (1803)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Shannon.

c. 1803 watercolour of Shannon grounded by Edward Pelham Brenton
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Shannon
Ordered8 July 1801
BuilderJosiah and Thomas Brindley, Frindsbury, Kent
Laid downAugust 1801
Launched2 September 1803
FateWrecked 10 December 1803
General characteristics
Type36-gun Perseverance-class fifth-rate frigate
Tons burthen88128⁄98 bm
Length
  • Overall: 137 ft 1+1⁄2 in (41.8 m)
  • Keel: 113 ft 4+3⁄8 in (34.6 m)
Beam38 ft 2+3⁄4 in (11.7 m)
Depth of hold13 ft 5+1⁄4 in (4.1 m)
PropulsionSails
Complement264
Armament
  • Upper deck: 26 × 18-pounder guns
  • QD: 2 × 9-pounder guns + 10 × 32-pounder carronades
  • Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns + 2 × 32-pounder carronades

HMS Shannon was a 36-gun Perseverance-class fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy built at Frindsbury on the River Medway. Completed on 3 September 1803, she served in 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.

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