HMS Talbot, Captain Hon. F. Spencer in action at the Battle of Navarino by John Christian Schetky
History
United Kingdom
Name	Talbot
Ordered	30 April 1818
Builder	Pembroke Dockyard
Laid down	March 1821
Launched	9 October 1824
Completed	21 December 1825
Commissioned	21 September 1825
Reclassified	As a depot ship, February 1855
Fate	Sold for scrap, 5 March 1896
General characteristics
Class and type	Atholl-class frigate
Tons burthen	50018⁄94 bm
Length	113 ft 8 in (34.6 m) (gundeck) 94 ft 8 in (28.9 m) (keel)
Beam	31 ft 10 in (9.7 m)
Draught	12 ft (3.7 m)
Depth	8 ft 9 in (2.7 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	175
Armament	28 guns: Upper gundeck: 20 × 32-pdr carronades Quarterdeck: 6 × 18-pdr carronades Forecastle: 2 × 9-pdr cannon

HMS Talbot was a 28-gun Atholl-class sixth-rate frigate built for the Royal Navy during the 1820s.

Description

Talbot had a length at the gundeck of 113 feet 8 inches (34.6 m) and 94 feet 8 inches (28.9 m) at the keel. She had a beam of 31 feet 10 inches (9.7 m), a draught of 12 feet (3.7 m) and a depth of hold of 8 feet 9 inches (2.7 m). The ship's tonnage was 500 18⁄94 tons burthen.^[1] The Atholl class was armed with twenty 32-pounder carronades on her gundeck, six 32-pounder carronades on her quarterdeck and a pair of 9-pounder cannon in the forecastle. The ships had a crew of 175 officers and ratings.^[2]

Construction and career

Talbot, the fourth ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy,^[3] was ordered on 30 April 1818, laid down in March 1821 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 9 October 1824.^[2] She was completed on 21 December 1824 at Plymouth Dockyard and commissioned on 21 September of that year.^[1]

She was a participant at the Battle of Navarino on 20 October 1827.

She took part in Inglefield's 1854 Arctic expedition as a depot ship.

As a powder magazine off Beckton she overlooked the disastrous sinking of SS Princess Alice, a collision on the Thames on 14 September 1878.