HMS Unicorn (1824)

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HMS Unicorn moored in Victoria dock, Dundee
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HMS Unicorn moored in Victoria dock, Dundee

HMS Unicorn and her sister ship, HMS Trincomalee, are surviving sailing frigates of the successful Leda class. She is now a museum ship in Dundee, United Kingdom.

HMS Unicorn was built in peacetime at Chatham Dockyard and launched in 1824. A superstructure was built over her main deck and she was laid up "in ordinary", serving as a hulk and a depot ship for most of the next 140 years. Her lack of active duty left her timbers well preserved, and in the 1960s steps were initiated to convert her to a museum ship. According to her official website she is the best preserved vessel of her type afloat.

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