Английская Википедия:HMS Pyramus (1810)

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HMS Pyramus was a fifth-rate 36-gun frigate launched at Portsmouth in 1810. During the Napoleonic Wars she captured some small privateers. She was hulked in 1832–1833 at Halifax, Nova Scotia. The vessel was sold and broken up in 1879.

Origin

Pyramus was the sole member of her class and was built on the lines of the Шаблон:Ship, which the Royal Navy captured in 1780. She was ordered in 1805 and laid down the next year, but in 1807 the builder failed. The Admiralty transferred the frame to the Portsmouth Dockyard. The Admiralty reordered her and she was launched in 1810.

The information that Lord Nelson had captured Pyramus at the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801 is incorrect. (Source Dr. Ian A. Cameron, M.D, F.C.F.P., Nova Scotia Medical Bulletin, August 1987, pp. 118–120; Also, the Cambridge Digital Library / University of Cambridge website)[1][2][3][4]

Career

On 26 October 1813, Шаблон:HMS and Pyramus captured the 225 ton (bm) American letter of marque Chesapeake off Nantes. Captain Joseph Richardson had sailed her from America to France and she left Nantes on 18 October 1813.Шаблон:SfnpШаблон:Efn

On 29 November Pyramus captured the American vessel Шаблон:Ship, Jedediah Olcott, master, of four guns and 20 men. Zephyr had been sailing from Lorient to Charlestown.[5]

Fate

Pyramus was laid up in 1829. Between November 1832 and July 1833 she underwent fitting for a convict and receiving ship for Halifax, Nova Scotia. From 1834 to 1875 she was at Halifax.Шаблон:Sfnp She served as a hospital ship during the Chorea Epidemic.Шаблон:Sfnp

On 10 November 1879 she was sold for £1,600 for breaking up.Шаблон:Sfnp

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References

  1. Шаблон:Cite web
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  3. The Naval Chronicle: Volume 23, January–July 1810: Containing a ..., Volume 23
  4. British and Foreign Medico-chirurgical Review: Or, Quarterly Journal of Practical Medicine and Surgery, Volume 35
  5. Шаблон:London Gazette