HMS Atlas 44

H.M.S. Atlas:
Rating: 4th-rate

Class: Razeed Ardent-class (Indefatigable)

Date of Commission: 21 August 1819

Guns: 44

Crew: 350

Status: In Service

History:
The designs for this ship were found aboard a pirate warship. though clearly plans to razee an Ardent-class, it seems the owner drew his own designs on the plans to make the ship from scratch. Although a somewhat outdated design, the ship once built presents itself as a formidable and tough super-frigate. With these plans in hand after the incident with the HMS Ares, Shipwright John Drysdale with the assistance of Captain Benbow, constructed this ship in the Truxillo shipyards For Archibald McCallum. The Atlas in now carrying out assignments in the central Caribbean sea.

British Captains:
1819-present: Captain Archibald McCallum

Excerpts from the Logbook:

 * 1819