Druid HMS

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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