HMS Amazon (1799)
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HMS Amazon pursuing unnamed French vessel, possibly the Belle Poule, by Nicholas Pocock
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| Name: | HMS Amazon |
| Ordered: | 27 April 1796 |
| Builder: | Woolwich Dockyard |
| Laid down: | April 1796 |
| Launched: | 18 May 1799 |
| Completed: | By 5 July 1799 |
| Fate: | Broken up in May 1817 |
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| Class and type: | 38-gun Amazon-class fifth rate |
| Tons burthen: | 1,038 6⁄94 (bm) |
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| Beam: | 39 ft 5 in (12.0 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 13 ft 9 in (4.19 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Complement: | 284 (later 300) |
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HMS Amazon was a frigate of the Royal Navy. She served during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars under several notable naval commanders and played a key role in the Battle of Copenhagen under Captain Edward Riou, when Riou commanded the frigate squadron during the attack. After Riou was killed during the battle, command briefly devolved to First-Lieutenant John Quilliam. Quilliam made a significant impression on Rear-Admiral Horatio Nelson who appointed him to serve on the flagship HMS Victory, and Amazon passed to William Parker, who continued the association with Nelson with service in the Mediterranean and participation in the chase to the West Indies during the Trafalgar Campaign. She went on to join Sir John Borlase Warren’s squadron in the Atlantic and took part in the defeat of Charles-Alexandre Léon Durand Linois's forces at the Action of 13 March 1806. During the battle, she hunted down and captured the 40-gun frigate Belle Poule.
Amazon continued in service for several more years, being active in combating raiders and privateers, before being withdrawn from active service in late 1811. She was retained in ordinary until several years after the end of the Napoleonic Wars, when she was broken up.
One of two ships built to a design by Sir William Rule, Amazon was ordered from Woolwich Dockyard on 27 April 1796 and laid down there that month. She was launched on 18 May 1799 and quickly put into service, having cost £33,972 to build, including fitting her out. She was commissioned in May 1799 under her first commander, Captain Edward Riou.
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