HMS Forth (1833)

HMS Forth was a 44-gun fifth-rate frigate built for the Royal Navy during the 1820s, one of three ships of the Andromeda sub-class. After completion in 1833, she was ordered to be converted into a steam-powered ship in 1845, but this did not happen for another decade.

Description
The Andromeda sub-class was a slightly enlarged and improved version of the Druid sub-class, with a more powerful armament. Forth 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 1228 $46⁄94$ 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
Forth, the second ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy, was ordered on 9 June 1825, laid down in November 1828 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 1 August 1830. She was completed for ordinary at Plymouth Dockyard on 2 September 1833.