HMS Stag (1830)

HMS Stag was a 44-gun fifth-rate frigate built for the Royal Navy during the 1820s, one of three ships of the Andromeda sub-class.

Description
The Andromeda sub-class was a slightly enlarged and improved version of the Druid sub-class, with a more powerful armament. Stag had a length at the gundeck of 159 ft and 133 ft at the keel. She had a beam of 42 ft, a draught of 14 ft and a depth of hold of 13 ft. The ship's tonnage was 1167 $42⁄94$ tons burthen. The Andromeda sub-class was armed with twenty-six 18-pounder cannon on her gundeck, ten 32-pounder carronades and a pair of 68-pounder guns on her quarterdeck and four more 32-pounder carronades in the forecastle. The ships had a crew of 315 officers and ratings.

Construction and career
Stag, the fourth ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy, was ordered on 9 January 1823, laid down in April 1828 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 2 October 1830. She was completed for ordinary at Plymouth Dockyard in October 1830. The ship was commissioned on 15 April 1831 and ready for sea by 9 July.