HMS Beagle (1804)

Beagle
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Beagle
Namesake	The Beagle breed of dog
Ordered	22 May 1804
Builder	Perry, Wells & Green, Blackwall Yard
Laid down	June 1804
Launched	8 August 1804
Completed	By 7 October 1804
Commissioned	1804
Out of service	1813
Honours and awards	Naval General Service Medal clasps: "Basque Roads 1809"[1] "St. Sebastian"[2]
Fate	Sold on 21 July 1814
General characteristics [3]
Class and type	18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop
Tons burthen	38282⁄94 (bm)
Length	100 ft (30.5 m) (gundeck) 77 ft 3+1⁄4 in (23.6 m) (keel)
Beam	30 ft 6+1⁄4 in (9.3 m)
Depth of hold	12 ft 10+1⁄2 in (3.92 m)
Sail plan	Brig rigged
Complement	121
Armament	18 guns:16 × 32-pounder carronades + 2 × 6-pounder bow guns

HMS Beagle was an 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1804, during the Napoleonic Wars. She played a major role in the Battle of the Basque Roads. Beagle was laid up in ordinary in 1813 and sold in 1814.