Obinotus Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 (edited) 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: HMS Pomone, which was wrecked on The Needles in 1811. HMS Shannon, the victor over the USS Chesapeake, off Boston, on 1 June 1813. HMS Leonidas HMS Briton HMS Tenedos HMS Lacedemonian HMS Lively ex-Scamander HMS Surprise 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: HMS Cydnus HMS Eurotas HMS Niger HMS Meander HMS Pactolus HMS Tiber HMS Araxes HMS Tanais 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: HMS Diamond HMS Amphitrite HMS Trincomalee, a teak-built sailing frigate that has survived to the present day. HMS Thetis HMS Arethusa HMS Blanche HMS Fisgard 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: HMS Venus HMS Melampus HMS Minerva HMS Latona HMS Diana HMS Hebe 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: HMS Nereus HMS Hamadryad HMS Amazon HMS Aeolus HMS Thisbe HMS Cerberus HMS Circe HMS Clyde HMS Thames HMS Fox, completed 1856 as a screw frigate HMS Unicorn, another sailing frigate that has survived to the present day. HMS Daedalus, completed 1844 as a 19-gun sixth-rate corvette HMS Proserpine HMS Mermaid HMS Mercury HMS Penelope HMS Thalia 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 frigateTons 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 shipComplement: 270Armament: 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 Melampus (1820) Melampus (1820) Melampus (1820); 42-gun Fifth Rate Frigates Leda (1800); Venus (1820); Diana (1822); Latona (1821); Melampus (1820); Hebe (1826); Minerva (1820) Venus (1820); Diana (1822); Latona (1821); Melampus (1820); Hebe (1826); Minerva (1820)http://collections.rmg.co.uk/mediaLib/2436/media-2436372/large.jpgLeda (1800); Venus (1820); Diana (1822); Latona (1821); Melampus (1820); Hebe (1826); Minerva (1820) 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) 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) Leda' (1800); 'Shannon' (1806); 'Leonidas' (1807); 'Surprise' (1812); 'Lacedemonian' (1812); 'Tenedos' (1812); 'Lively' (1804); 'Trinocomalee' (1817); 'Amphitrite' (1816); 'Briton' (1812) 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 1798Warship; Frigate; Amazon class; Fifth rate; 32 gunsDiana (extant 1821)Diana (1822); Latona (1821)Diana (1822); Thames (1825); Mermaid (1825); Unicorn (1824)Diana (1822); Mermaid (1825); Thames (1823); Unicorn (1824)Diana (1822); Thames (1825); Mermaid (1825); Unicorn (1824)Diana (1822); Thames (1825); Mermaid (1825); Unicorn (1824)Diana (1822); Thames (1825); Mermaid (1825); Unicorn (1824)Warship(1794); Frigate; Fifth rate; Diana class; 38 gunsLeda (1800); Venus (1820); Diana (1822); Latona (1821); Melampus (1820); Hebe (1826); Minerva (1820)Arethusa (1817); Thetis (1817); Hebe (1826); Minerva (1820); Venus (1820); Latona (1821); Diana (1822); Blanche (1819) Penelope (1829); Latona (1821); Diana (1822); Thames (1823); Unicorn (1824); Mermaid (1826); Mercury (1826) 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) Leda' (1800); 'Shannon' (1806); 'Leonidas' (1807); 'Surprise' (1812); 'Lacedemonian' (1812); 'Tenedos' (1812); 'Lively' (1804); 'Trinocomalee' (1817); 'Amphitrite' (1816); 'Briton' (1812) Shannon (1806); Leonidas (1807); Surprise (1812); Briton (1812); Lacedemonian (1812); Tenedos (1812); Lively (1813); Arethusa (1817); Thetis (1817); Venus (1820)Shannon (1806); Leonidas (1807); Surprise (1812); Briton (1812); Lacedemonian (1812); Tenedos (1812); Lively (1813); Arethusa (1817); Thetis (1817); Venus (1820)Shannon (1806); Leonidas (1807); Surprise (1812); Briton (1812); Lacedemonian (1812); Tenedos (1812); Lively (1813); Arethusa (1817); Thetis (1817); Venus (1820)Shannon (1806); Leonidas (1807); Surprise (1812); Briton (1812); Lacedemonian (1812); Tenedos (1812); Lively (1813); Arethusa (1817); Thetis (1817); Venus (1820) sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leda-class_frigate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Melampus_%281785%29 http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/81782.html http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/81798.html http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/81769.html http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/83818.html http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/66276.html Search and browse "british" ship plans - Royal Museum Greenwich http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Trincomalee Edited March 22, 2015 by Obinotus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BungeeLemming Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 We already sail the Leda class ship "HMS Trincomalee" in game. Shes very nice indeed. The Painting is really nice. As it is I close this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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