HMS Leda (1828)
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name: | Leda |
| Namesake: | Leda |
| Ordered: | 15 May 1821 |
| Builder: | Pembroke Dockyard |
| Laid down: | October 1824 |
| Launched: | 15 April 1828 |
| Completed: | May 1828 |
| Commissioned: | Never |
| Reclassified: | As a water police ship, March 1865 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 15 May 1906 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Seringapatam-class frigate |
| Tons burthen: | 1171 38/94 bm |
| Length: | |
| Beam: | 41 ft 2 in (12.5 m) |
| Draught: | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
| Depth: | 12 ft 9 in (3.9 m) |
| Sail plan: | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement: | 315 |
| Armament: |
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HMS Leda was a 46-gun Seringapatam-class fifth-rate frigate built for the Royal Navy during the 1820s, one of seven ships of the Druid sub-class.
Description
The Druid sub-class was an enlarged and improved version of the Serinapatam design, modified with a circular stern.[1] Leda had a length at the gundeck of 159 feet (48.5 m) and 133 feet 5 inches (40.7 m) at the keel. She had a beam of 41 feet 2 inches (12.5 m), a draught of 15 feet (4.6 m) and a depth of hold of 12 feet 9 inches (3.9 m). The ship's tonnage was 1171 38⁄94 tons burthen.[2] The Druid sub-class was armed with twenty-eight 18-pounder cannon on her gundeck, fourteen 32-pounder carronades on her quarterdeck and a pair of 9-pounder cannon and two more 32-pounder carronades in the forecastle. The ships had a crew of 315 officers and ratings.[3]
Construction and career
Leda, the fourth ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy,[4] was ordered on 15 May 1821, laid down in October 1824 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 15 April 1828.[3] She was completed for ordinary at Plymouth Dockyard in May 1828 and the ship was roofed over from the mainmast forward.[2]
Notes
References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
- Phillips, Lawrie; Lieutenant Commander (2014). Pembroke Dockyard and the Old Navy: A Bicentennial History. Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK: The History Press. ISBN 978-0-7509-5214-9.
- Winfield, Rif (2014). British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1817-1863 (epub). Barnsley, UK: Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-47383-743-0.
- Winfield, Rif & Lyon, David (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC 52620555.