HMS Janus (1778) facts for kids

Janus
Quick facts for kids History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Janus
Ordered	24 July 1776
Builder	Robert Batson, Limehouse
Laid down	9 August 1776
Launched	14 May 1778
Completed	By 11 August 1778
Renamed	Dromedary on 3 March 1788
Reclassified	24-gun storeship in 1787
Fate	Wrecked on 10 August 1800
General characteristics
Class and type	Roebuck-class fifth rate
Tons burthen	883 80⁄94 (bm)
Length	140 ft 1⁄2 in (42.7 m) (gundeck) 115 ft 10 in (35.3 m) (keel)
Beam	37 ft 10+1⁄2 in (11.5 m)
Depth of hold	16 ft 4 in (5.0 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	300
Armament	As fifth rate 44 guns: Lower gundeck: 20 × 18-pounder guns Upper gundeck: 22 × 9-pounder guns Forecastle: 2 × 6-pounder guns As storeship 24 guns Upper gundeck: 22 × 9-pounder guns Quarterdeck: 8 × 6-pounder guns

HMS Janus was a 44-gun Roebuck-class fifth rate of the Royal Navy.

History

From May 1780 she was under the command of Captain Horatio Nelson, though he was superseded by September that year.

In 1788 Janus was converted to a storeship and renamed Dromeday.

In 1793 Dromedary was under the command of Captain Sandford Tatham

Dromedary was at Plymouth on 20 January 1795 and so shared in the proceeds of the detention of the Dutch naval vessels, East Indiamen, and other merchant vessels that were in port on the outbreak of war between Britain and the Netherlands.

Loss

HMS Dromedary was wrecked on the Parasol Rocks, Trinidad on 10 August 1800. Her entire complement survived.