HMS Valorous (1816)
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 United Kingdom
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| Name: | Valorous |
| Ordered: | 28 November 1812 |
| Builder: | Pater Dockyard |
| Laid down: | March 1815 |
| Launched: | 10 February 1816 |
| Completed: | 26 March 1816 |
| Commissioned: | February 1821 |
| Fate: | Broken up by 13 August 1829 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Hermes-class post ship |
| Tons burthen: | 513 53/94 bm |
| Length: | |
| Beam: | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
| Depth: | 8 ft 9 in (2.7 m) |
| Sail plan: | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement: | 135 |
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HMS Valorous was a 20-gun Hermes-class sixth-rate post ship built for the Royal Navy during the 1810s. She was placed in commission in 1821 for service abroad in the Caribbean and Canada. Two of her captains were forced to resign their commands during this time and the ship was placed in reserve in 1826 until she was broken up in 1829.
Valorous had a length at the gundeck of 121 feet 7 inches (37.1 m) and 100 feet 6 inches (30.6 m) at the keel. She had a beam of 30 feet 11 inches (9.4 m) and a depth of hold of 8 feet 9 inches (2.7 m). The ship's tonnage was 513 53⁄94 tons burthen. Valorous was initially armed with eighteen 32-pounder carronades on her gundeck and a pair of 9-pounder cannon as chase guns. The ship had a crew of 135 officers and ratings.
Valorous, the second ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy, was ordered on 28 November 1812, laid down on March 1815 in Pater Dockyard, Wales, and launched, together with her sister ship, Ariadne, on 10 February 1813. She was completed on 26 March 1816 at Plymouth Dockyard at the cost of £11,726 and placed in ordinary.
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