HMS Unicorn (1824)

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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.

[edit] External links

• HMS Unicorn - official site
• HMS Unicorn - webpage, Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia
• HMS Unicorn - webpage, National Historic Ships Committee
• Origin of the "Leda" class frigate
• Funding crisis could sink HMS Unicorn