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词条 HMS Leda (1828)
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  1. Description

  2. Construction and career

  3. Notes

  4. References

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Hide header=Header caption=Seringapatam|frigate}}Ship tons burthen=1171 38/94 bm159|ft|m|abbr=on|1}} (gundeck)
  • {{convert|133|ft|5|in|m|abbr=on|1}} (keel)
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  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pdr cannon
  • Quarterdeck: 14 × 32-pdr carronades
  • Forecastle: 2 × 9-pdr cannon and 2 × 32-pdr carronades
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HMS Leda was a 46-gun {{sclass-|Seringapatam|frigate|0}} 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 {{convert|159|ft|m|1}} and {{convert|133|ft|5|in|m|1}} at the keel. She had a beam of {{convert|41|ft|2|in|m|1}}, a draught of {{convert|15|ft|m|1}} and a depth of hold of {{convert|12|ft|9|in|m|1}}. The ship's tonnage was 1171 {{fraction|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

1. ^Winfield, p. 717
2. ^Winfield, p. 713
3. ^Winfield & Lyon, p. 107
4. ^Colledge, p. 240

References

  • {{Colledge}}
  • {{cite book|last1=Phillips|first1=Lawrie; Lieutenant Commander|title=Pembroke Dockyard and the Old Navy: A Bicentennial History|date=2014|publisher=The History Press|location=Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK|isbn=978-0-7509-5214-9}}
  • {{cite book|last1=Winfield|first1=Rif|title=British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1817-1863|date=2014|publisher=Seaforth|location=Barnsley, UK|isbn=978-1-47383-743-0}}
  • {{winfield}}
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