HMS Castor (1832)
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 United Kingdom
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| Name: | HMS Castor |
| Ordered: | 13 May 1828 |
| Builder: | Chatham Dockyard |
| Laid down: | January 1830 |
| Launched: | 2 May 1832 |
| Commissioned: | June 1832 |
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| Fate: | Sold on 25 August 1902 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | 36-gun fifth rate ship of the line |
| Displacement: | 1,808 tons |
| Tons burthen: | 1,283 bm |
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| Beam: | 42 ft 6 in (12.95 m) |
| Draught: | 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Complement: | 275 |
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HMS Castor was a 36-gun fifth rate frigate of the Royal Navy.
Castor was built at Chatham Dockyard and launched on 2 May 1832. She was one of a two ship class of frigates, built to an 1828 design by Sir Robert Seppings, and derived from the earlier Stag class. The Castor class had a further 13 inches (33 cm) of beam to mount the heavier ordnance. Castor cost a total of £38,292, to be fitted for sea.
Her first captain was Lord John Hay, and by September 1832 Castor was at Lisbon.
On 27 August 1834 she collided with the Revenue Cutter Cameleon off South Foreland, Dover, sinking Cameleon with the loss of most of its crew. This incident led to the Court Martial of officers and crew of Castor on 6 September 1834 in Plymouth. The officers were acquitted but the lieutenant of the watch was dismissed from the service, it having been admitted and proven that a proper watch had not been kept.
She took part in the Egyptian–Ottoman War (1839–1841), also known as the Second Syrian War, when the British Mediterranean Fleet under Admiral Sir Robert Stopford, supported the Ottoman Empire and took action to compel the Egyptians to withdraw from Beirut. During the Oriental Crisis of 1840 Castor was involved in the bombardment of St. Jean d’Acre on 3 November 1840. After cruising on the coast of Ireland she was sent out to the East Indies Station; before being decommissioned at Chatham in 1842.
In 1845 Castor was on the China Station under the command of Captain Graham. Officers, seaman and Royal Marines of Castor participated in the siege of Ruapekapeka Pā from 27 December 1845 to 11 January 1846 during the Flagstaff War in New Zealand. Seven sailors were killed in the battle to take the fortified stronghold that was built by the Māori.
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