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ROYAL NAVY - UNITED KINGDOM

CRUISERS

BOADICEA 5th rate sailing frigate (1797)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Boadicea     B & E Adams, Bucklers Hard 9.1795 12.4.1797 1797 harbour service 1854

 

Displacement normal, t

1039bm

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

45.3 gundeck

Breadth, m

12.1

Draught, m

3.86 hold depth

No of shafts

 

Machinery

sails

Power, h. p.

 

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

 

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

16 x 1 - 159/8 32pdr SBML carronades, 28 x 1 - 139/19 18pdr SBML, 2 x 1 - 107/14 9pdr SBML

Complement

284

Project history: 18pdr frigate. Design was copied from French Imperieuse, taken in 1793.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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