HMS Leda (1800)
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| Career (UK) |  |
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| Name: | HMS Leda |
| Operator: | Royal Navy |
| Launched: | 1800 |
| Fate: | Wrecked 1808 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Leda class frigate |
| Tons burthen: | 1053 bm |
| Length: | 150 ft 0 in (45.7 m) (lower deck) |
| Beam: | 40 ft 0 in (12.2 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 12 ft 6 in (3.8 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sail |
| Complement: | 284– |
| Armament: | Twenty-eight 18-pounder guns Ten 9-pounder guns Eight carronades |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Leda.
HMS Leda, launched in 1800, was the lead ship of a successful class of forty-seven British Royal Navy 38-gun sailing frigates. The Leda was copied from the French frigate Hebe, which was captured by the British in 1782. Her first captain was George Johnstone Hope.
HMS Shannon, the victor over the USS Chesapeake, off Boston, on June 1, 1813, was a sister ship to the Leda.
HMS Trincomalee and HMS Unicorn, two sailing frigates that have survived to the present day, are sister ships of the Leda. The last ship of the class was built in 1830.
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