HMS Euryalus (F15) was a Leander-classfrigate of the Royal Navy (RN). Like the rest of the class, Euryalus was named after a figure of mythology. Euryalus was built by Scotts Shipbuilders of Greenock. Euryalus was launched on 6 June 1963, and commissioned on 16 September 1964.
This Euryalus was the sixth of the name and had a strong liaison with the Lancashire Fusiliers, whose motto (Omnia Audax) she bore from the 4th Euryalus landing its 1st Battalion at W Beach, Gallipoli, where the Regiment "won six Victoria Crosses before breakfast".
Service history
1964–1969
On commissioning Euryalus became Leader of the 26th Escort Squadron which was based in the Far East. While based in the Far East, Euryalus took part in Indonesian Confrontation, with Euryalus having few incidents during her participation in the conflict, mainly patrolling the waters around Borneo.
In 1966 Euryalus recommissioned and went into refit in Devonport. In April 1967, after work up, she joined STANAVFORLANT, visiting Norway (Bodø and Tromsø), Sweden (Stockholm), Iceland, Newport, Rhode Island, Canada (Halifax for the Canadian Centennial), Montreal for Expo 67, Quebec and St John's Newfoundland. She deployed to the Far East in December 1967 as Leader of the 1st Frigate Squadron and spent Christmas in Simonstown (South Africa).
Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Euryalus after Euryalus, one of Argonauts - the mythical band of heroes who accompanied Jason in his search for the Golden Fleece.
HMS Euryalus was a Royal Navy 36-gun Apollo-class frigate, which saw service in the Battle of Trafalgar and the War of 1812. During her career she was commanded by three prominent naval personalities of the Napoleonic and post-Napoleonic period, Henry Blackwood, George Dundas and Charles Napier. After the end of the Napoleonic Wars she continued on active service for a number of years, before spending more than two decades as a prison hulk. She ended her career in Gibraltar where, in 1860, she was sold for breaking up.
Napoleonic Wars
Euryalus was built by Henry Adams's firm at Buckler's Hard, and launched in 1803. Her first action occurred on 2 and 3 October 1804 when, captained by Henry Blackwood, she participated in an attack on French vessels off Boulogne pier. During Blackwood's absence, Captain J. Hardy temporarily commanded her.
On 22 February 1805, Euryalus captured the St Jose while on the Irish station. Dryad shared in the prize by agreement with Euryalus.
HMS Euryalus was a fourth-rate wooden-hulled screw frigate of the Royal Navy, with a 400HP steam engine that could make over 12 knots. She was launched at Chatham in 1853, was 212 feet long, displaced 3125 tons and had a complement of 515 (this varied slightly as the Naval Standards varied). At the time of the Bombardment of Kagoshima she carried 35 guns, not counting approximately 16 carronades. Seventeen of her guns were breech-loading Armstrong Guns. She carried 230 tons of coal, and provisions for about three months, together with over 70 tons of shot and shell.
Service history
In December 1853 G. Ramsay was appointed captain, and the ship served in the Baltic Campaign in 1854-1855. Under the command of J.W. Tarleton, she served in the Mediterranean in 1858.
Euryalus arrived at Yokohama on 14 September 1862, the date of the Namamugi Incident. She served as Admiral Sir Augustus Kuper's flagship during the bombardment of Kagoshima on the 16th of August 1863. During the bombardment of Kagoshima the Captain of Euryalus, John James Steven Josling, was killed, as was his second-in-command, Commander Edward Wilmot, both decapitated by the same cannonball. Eight other members of the crew also died in the action, their names all commemorated on a memorial in the former British Consulate building in Yokohama.
Euryalus was the son of Mecisteus. He attacked the city of Thebes as one of the Epigoni, who took the city and avenged the deaths of their fathers, who had also attempted to invade Thebes. In Homer's Iliad, he fought in the Trojan War, where he was brother-in-arms of Diomedes, and one of the Greeks to enter the Trojan Horse. He lost the boxing match to Epeius at the funeral games for Patroclus. He is mentioned by Hyginus, who gives his parents as Pallas and Diomede.
Euryalus was the name of a son of Euippe and Odysseus, who was mistakenly slain by his father.
HMS Euryalus British frigate 1803 Profile Print maritime art
HMS EURYALUS This 36 gun, Appollo class frigate was built at Bucklers Hard shipyard in 1803.
She served in the British Royal Navy and was at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
Art prints available in 3 sizes details from http://www.profileprintsgallery.etsy.com
published: 11 Oct 2014
Alchemy Acoustic Broadside HMS Euryalus
An original song by Alchemy Acoustic about the frigate HMS Euryalus. Launched 1803, Captained by Henry Blackwood, she was at the Battle of Trafalgar. Alchemy Acoustic are Alan Ribchester and Gary Martin.
published: 10 Mar 2024
HMS Victory Model Ship (Painted in Trafalgar Colours)
HMS Victory Model Ship custom built from scratch by The Model Shipyard. From our STEPHENS & KENAU range of Bespoke Museum Quality ship models.
Visit our Website: https://www.stephensandkenau.com/ship/hms-victory/
published: 13 Nov 2019
GALLIPOLI 100th HMS EURYALUS REUNION 2015
published: 16 May 2015
Artois class frigate of the 1790s - model - 2012
Artois class frigate of the 1790s - model - 2012
published: 25 Dec 2011
Trafalgar Real Battle
Oratio Nelson British Ships: Nelson's Division: HMS Victory (Flagship), Temeraire, Neptune, Conqueror, Leviathan, Ajax, Orion, Agamemnon, Minotaur, Spartiate, Euryalus, Britannia, Africa, Naiad, Phoebe, Entreprenante, Sirius and Pickle.
Collingwood's Division: HMS Royal Sovereign (Flagship), Belleisle, Mars, Tonnant, Bellerophon, Colossus, Achilles, Polyphemus, Revenge, Swiftsure, Defiance, Thunderer, Prince of Wales, Dreadnought and Defence.
published: 21 Oct 2010
HMS Nelson CoD 2015- Euryalus
Collingwood Trophy Winners 2015 for best drum display.
The static was written by our very own Jason Penney.
published: 29 Jun 2015
Ed Burtt HMS Speedy interview
THE most important Shipwreck and how it changed the history of Canada! Its not a treasure ship but its historical treasure is priceless. Trailer of things to come this summer with host Jim Van Loosen and renowned Wreck Hunter Ed Burtt. this is the story of the HMS Speedy.
published: 08 Jan 2017
HMS EURYALUS a hornpipe David Siegel revised 21NOV2014
published: 20 Nov 2014
Buckler's Hard Maritime Museum & Village New Forest Hampshire.
Buckler's Hard is a hamlet on the banks of the Beaulieu River in the English county of Hampshire. With its Georgian cottages running down to the river, Buckler's Hard is part of the 9,000-acre (3,600-hectare) Beaulieu Estate. The hamlet is some 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south of the village of Beaulieu.
Buckler's Hard, originally called Montagu Town, was built by the second Duke of Montagu, and was intended to be a free port for trade with the West Indies. Its geography also favoured the development of shipbuilding, as the hamlet possessed access to a sheltered but navigable waterway with gravel banks capable of supporting slipways for vessel construction and launch. Timber for hulls was also readily available from the surrounding New Forest.
Shipbuilding at Buckler's Hard commenced in the earl...
HMS EURYALUS This 36 gun, Appollo class frigate was built at Bucklers Hard shipyard in 1803.
She served in the British Royal Navy and was at the Battle of Traf...
HMS EURYALUS This 36 gun, Appollo class frigate was built at Bucklers Hard shipyard in 1803.
She served in the British Royal Navy and was at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
Art prints available in 3 sizes details from http://www.profileprintsgallery.etsy.com
HMS EURYALUS This 36 gun, Appollo class frigate was built at Bucklers Hard shipyard in 1803.
She served in the British Royal Navy and was at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
Art prints available in 3 sizes details from http://www.profileprintsgallery.etsy.com
An original song by Alchemy Acoustic about the frigate HMS Euryalus. Launched 1803, Captained by Henry Blackwood, she was at the Battle of Trafalgar. Alchemy Ac...
An original song by Alchemy Acoustic about the frigate HMS Euryalus. Launched 1803, Captained by Henry Blackwood, she was at the Battle of Trafalgar. Alchemy Acoustic are Alan Ribchester and Gary Martin.
An original song by Alchemy Acoustic about the frigate HMS Euryalus. Launched 1803, Captained by Henry Blackwood, she was at the Battle of Trafalgar. Alchemy Acoustic are Alan Ribchester and Gary Martin.
HMS Victory Model Ship custom built from scratch by The Model Shipyard. From our STEPHENS & KENAU range of Bespoke Museum Quality ship models.
Visit our Website...
HMS Victory Model Ship custom built from scratch by The Model Shipyard. From our STEPHENS & KENAU range of Bespoke Museum Quality ship models.
Visit our Website: https://www.stephensandkenau.com/ship/hms-victory/
HMS Victory Model Ship custom built from scratch by The Model Shipyard. From our STEPHENS & KENAU range of Bespoke Museum Quality ship models.
Visit our Website: https://www.stephensandkenau.com/ship/hms-victory/
Oratio Nelson British Ships: Nelson's Division: HMS Victory (Flagship), Temeraire, Neptune, Conqueror, Leviathan, Ajax, Orion, Agamemnon, Minotaur, Spartiate, E...
Oratio Nelson British Ships: Nelson's Division: HMS Victory (Flagship), Temeraire, Neptune, Conqueror, Leviathan, Ajax, Orion, Agamemnon, Minotaur, Spartiate, Euryalus, Britannia, Africa, Naiad, Phoebe, Entreprenante, Sirius and Pickle.
Collingwood's Division: HMS Royal Sovereign (Flagship), Belleisle, Mars, Tonnant, Bellerophon, Colossus, Achilles, Polyphemus, Revenge, Swiftsure, Defiance, Thunderer, Prince of Wales, Dreadnought and Defence.
Oratio Nelson British Ships: Nelson's Division: HMS Victory (Flagship), Temeraire, Neptune, Conqueror, Leviathan, Ajax, Orion, Agamemnon, Minotaur, Spartiate, Euryalus, Britannia, Africa, Naiad, Phoebe, Entreprenante, Sirius and Pickle.
Collingwood's Division: HMS Royal Sovereign (Flagship), Belleisle, Mars, Tonnant, Bellerophon, Colossus, Achilles, Polyphemus, Revenge, Swiftsure, Defiance, Thunderer, Prince of Wales, Dreadnought and Defence.
THE most important Shipwreck and how it changed the history of Canada! Its not a treasure ship but its historical treasure is priceless. Trailer of things to co...
THE most important Shipwreck and how it changed the history of Canada! Its not a treasure ship but its historical treasure is priceless. Trailer of things to come this summer with host Jim Van Loosen and renowned Wreck Hunter Ed Burtt. this is the story of the HMS Speedy.
THE most important Shipwreck and how it changed the history of Canada! Its not a treasure ship but its historical treasure is priceless. Trailer of things to come this summer with host Jim Van Loosen and renowned Wreck Hunter Ed Burtt. this is the story of the HMS Speedy.
Buckler's Hard is a hamlet on the banks of the Beaulieu River in the English county of Hampshire. With its Georgian cottages running down to the river, Buckler'...
Buckler's Hard is a hamlet on the banks of the Beaulieu River in the English county of Hampshire. With its Georgian cottages running down to the river, Buckler's Hard is part of the 9,000-acre (3,600-hectare) Beaulieu Estate. The hamlet is some 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south of the village of Beaulieu.
Buckler's Hard, originally called Montagu Town, was built by the second Duke of Montagu, and was intended to be a free port for trade with the West Indies. Its geography also favoured the development of shipbuilding, as the hamlet possessed access to a sheltered but navigable waterway with gravel banks capable of supporting slipways for vessel construction and launch. Timber for hulls was also readily available from the surrounding New Forest.
Shipbuilding at Buckler's Hard commenced in the early eighteenth century. A private shipyard adjoining the hamlet was established by James Wyatt, a local entrepreneur and timber merchant from Hythe on Southampton Water. Wyatt & Co. won a contract to build the Navy ship HMS Surprise in 1744, and subsequently another, HMS Scorpion, at Buckler's Hard. Henry Adams, a master shipwright, was sent from Deptford Dockyard to Buckler's Hard in 1744 by the Admiralty to oversee the building of these ships by Wyatt & Co. After the completion of the initial ships by Wyatt, Buckler's Hard grew to national prominence under Henry Adams and won subsequent Royal Navy contracts. Over the following sixty years, Adams would supervise the building of 43 Royal Navy ships at Buckler's Hard, including three that fought at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805: HMS Euryalus, HMS Swiftsure, and HMS Agamemnon.
Shipbuilding at Buckler's Hard declined in the nineteenth century. During World War II, the village was used to build motor torpedo boats, and the river was a base for hundreds of landing craft for the Normandy invasion, Operation Overlord. Today the hamlet is given over to tourism, with a small maritime museum and a modern yachting marina. Buckler's Hard was where Sir Francis Chichester began and finished his solo voyage around the world in the Gipsy Moth IV.
Music:-
Parting Glass by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Artist: http://audionautix.com/
Buckler's Hard is a hamlet on the banks of the Beaulieu River in the English county of Hampshire. With its Georgian cottages running down to the river, Buckler's Hard is part of the 9,000-acre (3,600-hectare) Beaulieu Estate. The hamlet is some 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south of the village of Beaulieu.
Buckler's Hard, originally called Montagu Town, was built by the second Duke of Montagu, and was intended to be a free port for trade with the West Indies. Its geography also favoured the development of shipbuilding, as the hamlet possessed access to a sheltered but navigable waterway with gravel banks capable of supporting slipways for vessel construction and launch. Timber for hulls was also readily available from the surrounding New Forest.
Shipbuilding at Buckler's Hard commenced in the early eighteenth century. A private shipyard adjoining the hamlet was established by James Wyatt, a local entrepreneur and timber merchant from Hythe on Southampton Water. Wyatt & Co. won a contract to build the Navy ship HMS Surprise in 1744, and subsequently another, HMS Scorpion, at Buckler's Hard. Henry Adams, a master shipwright, was sent from Deptford Dockyard to Buckler's Hard in 1744 by the Admiralty to oversee the building of these ships by Wyatt & Co. After the completion of the initial ships by Wyatt, Buckler's Hard grew to national prominence under Henry Adams and won subsequent Royal Navy contracts. Over the following sixty years, Adams would supervise the building of 43 Royal Navy ships at Buckler's Hard, including three that fought at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805: HMS Euryalus, HMS Swiftsure, and HMS Agamemnon.
Shipbuilding at Buckler's Hard declined in the nineteenth century. During World War II, the village was used to build motor torpedo boats, and the river was a base for hundreds of landing craft for the Normandy invasion, Operation Overlord. Today the hamlet is given over to tourism, with a small maritime museum and a modern yachting marina. Buckler's Hard was where Sir Francis Chichester began and finished his solo voyage around the world in the Gipsy Moth IV.
Music:-
Parting Glass by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Artist: http://audionautix.com/
HMS EURYALUS This 36 gun, Appollo class frigate was built at Bucklers Hard shipyard in 1803.
She served in the British Royal Navy and was at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
Art prints available in 3 sizes details from http://www.profileprintsgallery.etsy.com
An original song by Alchemy Acoustic about the frigate HMS Euryalus. Launched 1803, Captained by Henry Blackwood, she was at the Battle of Trafalgar. Alchemy Acoustic are Alan Ribchester and Gary Martin.
HMS Victory Model Ship custom built from scratch by The Model Shipyard. From our STEPHENS & KENAU range of Bespoke Museum Quality ship models.
Visit our Website: https://www.stephensandkenau.com/ship/hms-victory/
Oratio Nelson British Ships: Nelson's Division: HMS Victory (Flagship), Temeraire, Neptune, Conqueror, Leviathan, Ajax, Orion, Agamemnon, Minotaur, Spartiate, Euryalus, Britannia, Africa, Naiad, Phoebe, Entreprenante, Sirius and Pickle.
Collingwood's Division: HMS Royal Sovereign (Flagship), Belleisle, Mars, Tonnant, Bellerophon, Colossus, Achilles, Polyphemus, Revenge, Swiftsure, Defiance, Thunderer, Prince of Wales, Dreadnought and Defence.
THE most important Shipwreck and how it changed the history of Canada! Its not a treasure ship but its historical treasure is priceless. Trailer of things to come this summer with host Jim Van Loosen and renowned Wreck Hunter Ed Burtt. this is the story of the HMS Speedy.
Buckler's Hard is a hamlet on the banks of the Beaulieu River in the English county of Hampshire. With its Georgian cottages running down to the river, Buckler's Hard is part of the 9,000-acre (3,600-hectare) Beaulieu Estate. The hamlet is some 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south of the village of Beaulieu.
Buckler's Hard, originally called Montagu Town, was built by the second Duke of Montagu, and was intended to be a free port for trade with the West Indies. Its geography also favoured the development of shipbuilding, as the hamlet possessed access to a sheltered but navigable waterway with gravel banks capable of supporting slipways for vessel construction and launch. Timber for hulls was also readily available from the surrounding New Forest.
Shipbuilding at Buckler's Hard commenced in the early eighteenth century. A private shipyard adjoining the hamlet was established by James Wyatt, a local entrepreneur and timber merchant from Hythe on Southampton Water. Wyatt & Co. won a contract to build the Navy ship HMS Surprise in 1744, and subsequently another, HMS Scorpion, at Buckler's Hard. Henry Adams, a master shipwright, was sent from Deptford Dockyard to Buckler's Hard in 1744 by the Admiralty to oversee the building of these ships by Wyatt & Co. After the completion of the initial ships by Wyatt, Buckler's Hard grew to national prominence under Henry Adams and won subsequent Royal Navy contracts. Over the following sixty years, Adams would supervise the building of 43 Royal Navy ships at Buckler's Hard, including three that fought at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805: HMS Euryalus, HMS Swiftsure, and HMS Agamemnon.
Shipbuilding at Buckler's Hard declined in the nineteenth century. During World War II, the village was used to build motor torpedo boats, and the river was a base for hundreds of landing craft for the Normandy invasion, Operation Overlord. Today the hamlet is given over to tourism, with a small maritime museum and a modern yachting marina. Buckler's Hard was where Sir Francis Chichester began and finished his solo voyage around the world in the Gipsy Moth IV.
Music:-
Parting Glass by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Artist: http://audionautix.com/
HMS Euryalus (F15) was a Leander-classfrigate of the Royal Navy (RN). Like the rest of the class, Euryalus was named after a figure of mythology. Euryalus was built by Scotts Shipbuilders of Greenock. Euryalus was launched on 6 June 1963, and commissioned on 16 September 1964.
This Euryalus was the sixth of the name and had a strong liaison with the Lancashire Fusiliers, whose motto (Omnia Audax) she bore from the 4th Euryalus landing its 1st Battalion at W Beach, Gallipoli, where the Regiment "won six Victoria Crosses before breakfast".
Service history
1964–1969
On commissioning Euryalus became Leader of the 26th Escort Squadron which was based in the Far East. While based in the Far East, Euryalus took part in Indonesian Confrontation, with Euryalus having few incidents during her participation in the conflict, mainly patrolling the waters around Borneo.
In 1966 Euryalus recommissioned and went into refit in Devonport. In April 1967, after work up, she joined STANAVFORLANT, visiting Norway (Bodø and Tromsø), Sweden (Stockholm), Iceland, Newport, Rhode Island, Canada (Halifax for the Canadian Centennial), Montreal for Expo 67, Quebec and St John's Newfoundland. She deployed to the Far East in December 1967 as Leader of the 1st Frigate Squadron and spent Christmas in Simonstown (South Africa).