HMS Imogene (1831)

HMS Imogene (left) engaging the Bogue forts in China, September 1834
History
United Kingdom
NameImogene
Ordered9 June 1825
BuilderPembroke Dockyard
Laid downNovember 1829
Launched24 June 1831
Commissioned1 October 1831
FateAccidentally burnt at Plymouth, 27 September 1840
General characteristics
Class and typeConway-class corvette
Tons burthen651 74/94 bm
Length
  • 125 ft (38.1 m) (gundeck)
  • 106 ft (32.3 m) (keel)
Beam34 ft 5 in (10.5 m)
Depth10 ft (3.0 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement175
Armament
  • Upper deck: 20 × 32-pounder carronades
  • Quarterdeck: 6 × 18-pounder carronades
  • Focsle: 2 × 9-pounder cannon[1]

HMS Imogene was a Conway-class sixth rate of the Royal Navy, built by Pembroke Dockyard and launched on 24 June 1831.[1] She served in the East Indies, China and South America, but was accidentally burnt while out of commission on 27 September 1840.

  1. ^ a b Winfield (2004), p. 114

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