HMS Aeolus (1801)
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| Name: | HMS Aeolus |
| Ordered: | 28 January 1800 |
| Builder: | Mrs Frances Barnard, Deptford |
| Laid down: | April 1800 |
| Launched: | 28 February 1801 |
| Completed: | By 10 April 1801 |
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| Fate: | Broken up in October 1817 |
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| Class and type: | 32-gun Amphion-class fifth-rate frigate |
| Tons burthen: | 918 76⁄94 (bm) |
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| Beam: | 37 ft 8 in (11.5 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 12 ft 6 in (3.8 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Complement: | 254 |
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HMS Aeolus was a 32-gun Amphion-class fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1801 and served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, and the War of 1812.
Ordered during the last years of the French Revolutionary Wars, Aeolus was at first engaged in convoy work, before being sent out to the West Indies, where she took part in operations off Saint-Domingue and blockaded the French ships in the harbours. She was involved in the chase of the 74-gun Duquesne after she put to sea, and assisted in her capture. Aeolus returned to operate off the British coast, and was part of Sir Richard Strachan's squadron in late 1805. The squadron encountered part of the fleeing Franco-Spanish fleet that Nelson had decisively defeated two weeks previously at the Battle of Trafalgar, and after bringing them to battle, captured the entire force.
After spending time off Ireland and North America, Aeolus was in the Caribbean in 1809, and took part in the capture of Martinique. Deployed with Captain Philip Broke's squadron after the outbreak of the War of 1812 Aeolus took part in the capture of USS Nautilus, the first ship either side lost in the war, the pursuit of USS Constitution and the capture of the American privateer Snapper. Aeolus was used as a storeship at Quebec after the end of the war, and after returning to Britain was laid up as the Napoleonic Wars drew to a close. She was finally sold in 1817.
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