Seringapatam-class frigate

Class overview
Name: Seringapatam
Operators:  Royal Navy
Subclasses:
  • Druid
  • Andromeda
Completed: 7 (plus 2 completed as steam/screw frigates)
Cancelled: 17 (several after launching)
General characteristics
Type: Fifth-rate frigate
Tons burthen: 1148 bm
Length:
  • 157 ft 6 in (48.01 m) (gundeck)
  • 132 ft 1 12 in (40.272 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 40 ft 5 in (12.32 m)
Depth of hold: 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
Propulsion: Sail
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Complement: 315
Armament:

The Seringapatam class frigates, were a successful class of British Royal Navy 46-gun sailing frigates. The first vessel of the class was HMS Seringapatam. The Seringapatam's design was based on the French frigate Président, which the British had captured in 1806. The Seringapatam was originally ordered as a 38-gun frigate, but the re-classification of British warships which took effect in February 1817 raised this rating to 46-gun.

The Admiralty ordered six further ships to this design - including three ships which had originally been ordered as Leda class frigates, but the Seringapatam design was subsequently altered to produce a Modified version which was labelled the Druid sub-Class, and three of the ships formerly ordered to the Seringapatam original design (Madagascar, Nemesis and Jason) were re-ordered to this modified design. Subsequently a further modification of the design was produced, which was labelled the Andromeda sub-Class, and the remaining three of the ships formerly ordered to the Seringapatam original design (Manilla, Tigris and Statira) were re-ordered to this modified design. Further vessels were ordered to both modified designs, but the majority of these were subsequently cancelled. Both modified types are listed below.

Druid sub-class (1st modified version of Seringapatam Class)

Andromeda sub-Class (2nd modified version of Seringapatam Class)

The remaining ships ordered or re-ordered to this design were never completed:

Sources

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