HMS Amethyst (1799)

Capture of the Thétis by HMS Amethyst on 10 November 1808, by Thomas Whitcombe
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Amethyst
Builder	Deptford Dockyard
Launched	24 April 1799
Commissioned	May 1799
Honours and awards	Clasps to the Naval General Service Medal "29 July Boat Service 1800"[1] "29 Aug. Boat Service 1800"[1] "Amethyst Wh. Thetis"[2] "Amethyst 5 April 1809"[2]
Fate	Wrecked on 16 February 1811 Wreck broken up in April 1811
General characteristics [3]
Class and type	Penelope-class frigate
Tons burthen	104548⁄94 (bm)
Length	150 ft (45.7 m) (overall); 125 ft 5+3⁄8 in (38.2 m) (keel)
Beam	39 ft 7 in (12.1 m)
Depth of hold	13 ft 0 in (4.0 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	274
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 Amethyst was a Royal Navy 36-gun Penelope-class fifth-rate frigate, launched in 1799 at Deptford. Amethyst served in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars, capturing several prizes. She also participated in two boat actions and two ship actions that won her crew clasps to the Naval General Service Medal. She was broken up in 1811 after suffering severe damage in a storm.