HMS ''Grecian'' was a sixteen-gun built for the

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during the 1830s.

Description

''Grecian'' had a length at the

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of and at the

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. She had a

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of , a draught of and a depth of

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of . The ship's

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was 484 tons

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.Winfield, p. 1131 ''Grecian'' was armed with sixteen 32-pounder

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s. The ''Acorn'' class had a crew of 110–30 officers and ratings.Winfield & Lyon, p. 128

Construction and career

''Grecian'', the third ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy,Colledge, p. 147 was ordered on 31 December 1835,

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in July 1837 at Pembroke Dockyard,

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, and launched on 24 April 1838. She was completed on 10 December 1838 at Plymouth Dockyard and commissioned on 19 September of that year.

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