HMS Calliope (1837)

Calliope at Garden Reach, Calcutta in 1841, by Lieutenant Francis Meynell R.N.
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Calliope
Ordered	29 October 1830[1]
Builder	Sheerness Dockyard[1]
Cost	£17,882 including fitting
Laid down	January 1831[1]
Launched	5 October 1837[1]
Commissioned	10 October 1837[1]
Fate	Broken up at Plymouth in November 1883[1]
General characteristics
Class and type	Andromache-class sixth-rate frigate (later "corvette")
Tons burthen	720 34/94 bm[1]
Length	130 ft 2 in (39.7 m) (gundeck) 109 ft 3 in (33.3 m) (keel)[1]
Beam	35 ft 5.5 in (10.8 m)[1]
Depth of hold	10 ft 7 in (3.2 m)[1]
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	175[1]
Armament	Upperdeck: 20 × 32-pdr gunnades Quarterdeck: 6 × 32-pdr gunnades Foc's'le: 2 × 32-pdr gunnades[1]

HMS Calliope was a 28-gun sixth rate launched in October 1837 and broken up in November 1883.