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HMS Melampus 1785 (with plans)


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HMS Melampus was a Royal Navy fifth-rate frigate that served during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. She captured numerous prizes before the British sold her to the Dutch navy in 1815. With the Dutch she participated in a major action at Algiers, and then in a number of colonial punitive expeditions in the Dutch East Indies.
 
 
The HMS Melampus is part of the Leda-class frigates, were a successful class of 47 BritishRoyal Navy 38-gun sailing frigates.
 
All Ships of the class.


The name Leda was taken from Greek mythology, as was common at the time; the GreekLeda was a woman whom Zeus seduced while he was masquerading as a swan. AfterLeda, the Admiralty had no more ships to this design for several years. Then with the resumption of war with France either looming or under way, the Admiralty ordered eight further ships to this design in 1802-09:

In 1812 the Admiralty ordered eight ships to be built of "fir" (actually, of red pine) instead of oak; these were sometimes called theCydnus class:

The Admiralty ordered seven more vessels to this design in 1812-15, with those constructed in Britain reverting to oak and those constructed in Bombay using teak:

The Admiralty ordered another six vessels in 1816, but of a modified design that incorporated Sir Robert Seppings's circular stern and "small-timber" form of construction:

A further twenty-three ships were ordered to this modified design in 1817, although the last six were never completed, or not completed to this design:

The last six ships of the 1817 orders were never completed to this design:

  • HMS Pegasus - canceled 1831
  • HMS Nemesis - re-ordered to Seringapatam-class design.
  • HMS Statira - re-ordered to Seringapatam-class design.
  • HMS Jason - re-ordered to Seringapatam-class design.
  • HMS Druid - re-ordered to Seringapatam-class design.
  • HMS Medusa - canceled 1831



Class and type:              36-gun fifth-rate frigate
Tons burthen:                94724/94 (bm)
Length:                           141 ft (43.0 m)
Beam:                              38 ft 10 in (11.8 m)
Draught:                         13 ft 11 in (4.2 m)
Sail plan:                         Full rigged ship
Complement:                  270
Armament:                      Upper deck: 26 × 18-pounder guns
                                         QD: 8 x 9-pounder guns + 4 × 18-pounder carronades (replaced by 32-pounder carronades in June 1793)
                                         Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns + 4 × 18-pounder carronades (planned but never fitted)
 
Plans of HMS Melampus & of its class


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Melampus (1820)
 
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Melampus (1820)
 
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Melampus (1820); 42-gun Fifth Rate Frigates
 
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Leda (1800); Venus (1820); Diana (1822); Latona (1821); Melampus (1820); Hebe (1826); Minerva (1820)
 
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Venus (1820); Diana (1822); Latona (1821); Melampus (1820); Hebe (1826); Minerva (1820)

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Leda (1800); Venus (1820); Diana (1822); Latona (1821); Melampus (1820); Hebe (1826); Minerva (1820)
 
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Hebe (1826); Clyde (1828); Medusa (cancelled 1831); Nereus (1821); Hamadryad (1823); Diana (1822); Latona (1821); Fisgard (1819); Lively (1813); Melampus (1820); Thetis (1817); Aeolus (1825); Amazon (1821); Daedalus (1826); Fox (1829); Blanche (1819); Thalia (1830); Mercury (1826); Cerberus (1827); Arethusa (1817)
 
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Venus (1820); Melampus (1820); Amazon (1821); Minerva (1820); Latona (1821); Nereus (1821); Hamadryad (1823); Aeolus (1828) [alternative spelling: Eolus]; Thisbe (1824); Hebe (1826); Cerberus (1827); Circe (1827); Clyde (1828); Fox (1829); Proserpine (1830); Mercury (1826); Penelope (1829); Thalia (1830); Daedalus (1826); Diana (1822); Mermaid (1825); Thames (1823); Unicorn (1824)
 
large.jpgLeda' (1800); 'Shannon' (1806); 'Leonidas' (1807); 'Surprise' (1812); 'Lacedemonian' (1812); 'Tenedos' (1812); 'Lively' (1804); 'Trinocomalee' (1817); 'Amphitrite' (1816); 'Briton' (1812)
 
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His Majesty's Ship Melampus of 36 guns.... in charge of Resolue & Bellone two French frigates of 40 guns each, off the coast of Ireland, October 13th 1798
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Warship; Frigate; Amazon class; Fifth rate; 32 guns

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Diana (extant 1821)

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Diana (1822); Latona (1821)

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Diana (1822); Thames (1825); Mermaid (1825); Unicorn (1824)

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Diana (1822); Mermaid (1825); Thames (1823); Unicorn (1824)

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Diana (1822); Thames (1825); Mermaid (1825); Unicorn (1824)

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Diana (1822); Thames (1825); Mermaid (1825); Unicorn (1824)

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Diana (1822); Thames (1825); Mermaid (1825); Unicorn (1824)

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Warship(1794); Frigate; Fifth rate; Diana class; 38 guns

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Leda (1800); Venus (1820); Diana (1822); Latona (1821); Melampus (1820); Hebe (1826); Minerva (1820)

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Arethusa (1817); Thetis (1817); Hebe (1826); Minerva (1820); Venus (1820); Latona (1821); Diana (1822); Blanche (1819)
 
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Penelope (1829); Latona (1821); Diana (1822); Thames (1823); Unicorn (1824); Mermaid (1826); Mercury (1826)
 
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Latona (1821); Diana (1822); Hebe (1826); Nereus (1821); Hamadryad (1823); Amazon (1821); Aeolus (1825) [alternative spelling: Eolus]; Thisbe (1824); Cerberus (1827); Circe (1827); Clyde (1828); Thames (1823); Fox (1829); Unicorn (1824); Daedalus (1826); Proserpine (1830); Mermaid (1825); Mercury (1826); Penelope (1829); Thalia (1830); Pegasus cancelled 1831)
 
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Leda' (1800); 'Shannon' (1806); 'Leonidas' (1807); 'Surprise' (1812); 'Lacedemonian' (1812); 'Tenedos' (1812); 'Lively' (1804); 'Trinocomalee' (1817); 'Amphitrite' (1816); 'Briton' (1812)
 
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Shannon (1806); Leonidas (1807); Surprise (1812); Briton (1812); Lacedemonian (1812); Tenedos (1812); Lively (1813); Arethusa (1817); Thetis (1817); Venus (1820)

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Shannon (1806); Leonidas (1807); Surprise (1812); Briton (1812); Lacedemonian (1812); Tenedos (1812); Lively (1813); Arethusa (1817); Thetis (1817); Venus (1820)

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Shannon (1806); Leonidas (1807); Surprise (1812); Briton (1812); Lacedemonian (1812); Tenedos (1812); Lively (1813); Arethusa (1817); Thetis (1817); Venus (1820)

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Shannon (1806); Leonidas (1807); Surprise (1812); Briton (1812); Lacedemonian (1812); Tenedos (1812); Lively (1813); Arethusa (1817); Thetis (1817); Venus (1820)



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