HMS Syren (1782)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Syren.

History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Syren
Ordered	3 January 1781
Builder	James Betts, Mistleythorn
Laid down	February 1781
Launched	24 September 1782
Completed	By 16 December 1782
Fate	Broken up in September 1822
General characteristics
Class & type	32-gun Amazon-class fifth-rate frigate
Tons burthen	6798⁄94 bm
Length	126 ft (38 m) (gundeck) 103 ft 10 in (31.65 m) (keel)
Beam	35 ft 1.75 in (10.7125 m)
Depth of hold	12 ft 2 in (3.71 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Crew	220
Armament	Upper deck: 26 × 12-pounder guns QD: 4 × 6-pounder guns + 4 × 18-pounder carronades Fc: 2 × 6-pounder guns + 2 × 18-pounderr carronades

HMS Syren was a 32-gun Amazon-class fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She served during the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary, and Napoleonic Wars. Among her more famous midshipmen were the future Rear-Admiral Peter Puget, and John Pasco, Nelson's signal officer at the Battle of Trafalgar.

The Duke of York's Standard flown by Syren on his 1793 expedition to Flanders

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of All Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.