HMS Janus (1778)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Janus and HMS Dromedary.
HMS Janus was a 44-gun Roebuck-class fifth rate of the Royal Navy.
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Janus's sister ship HMS Argo | |
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Name | HMS Janus |
Namesake | 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 3 March 1788 |
Fate | Wrecked 10 August 1800 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Roebuck-class fifth rate |
Tons burthen | 883 80⁄94 (bm) |
Length | |
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 |
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