History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Active |
Launched | 19 July 1845 [1] |
Renamed |
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Fate | Sold, 1908 [1] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Pique-class frigate [1] |
Tons burthen | 1,627 tons bm [1] |
Armament | 36 guns [1] |
HMS Active was a 36-gun Pique-class fifth-rate frigate launched in 1845, becoming a training ship in 1863 and being renamed HMS Tyne and then HMS Durham in 1867. [1] She was captained by Captain Byles in 1879, when members of the crew appeared on stage at the Lyceum Theatre in the play Jack Crawford by James Roland MacLaren. [2] She was sold in 1908.