Ship Details
Rig
Frigate of 46 guns
Built
1825
Tonnage
1168
Demise
sold for scrap 1863
Description
Druid, the fourth ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy,[4] was ordered on 23 July 1817, laid down in August 1821 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 1 July 1825.[3] She was commissioned that same month and completed at Plymouth Dockyard on 21 December 1825.[2] She saw active service in the 1840-42 "Opium War" against China.
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