HMS Talbot (1824)

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

Description
Talbot had a length at the gundeck of 113 ft and 94 ft at the keel. She had a beam of 31 ft, a draught of 12 ft and a depth of hold of 8 ft. The ship's tonnage was 500 $18⁄94$ tons burthen. 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.

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