Seringapatam-class frigate
The Seringapatam-class frigates, were a class of British Royal Navy 46-gun sailing frigates. Design The first vessel of the Seringapatam class was . Seringapatams design was based on the French frigate , which the British had captured in 1806. 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. Class and subclasses The Admiralty ordered six further ships to this design – including three ships which had originally been ordered as s, 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. Ships in the class Builder: British East India Company, Bombay Dockyard. Ordered: 21 August 1813 Laid down: November 1817 Launched: 5 September 1819 Completed: 10 April 1821 at Plymouth Dockyard. Fate: Receiving ship at Cape of Good Hope in July 1847; coal hulk 1852, broken up between 1873 and 1883. Druid sub-class (1st modified version of Seringapatam Class) Builder: Pembroke Dockyard. Ordered: 23 July 1817 Laid down: August 1821 Launched: 1 July 1825 Completed: 21 December 1825 at Plymouth Dockyard. Fate: Sold to be broken up in April 1863. - had first been ordered to Modified Leda class, later to original Seringapatam design Builder: Pembroke Dockyard. Ordered: 23 July 1817 Laid down: August 1823 Launched: 19 August 1826 Completed: never completed; laid up at Plymouth Dockyard. Fate: Broken up in July 1866. – had first been ordered to original Seringapatam design Builder: East India Company, Bombay Dockyard. Ordered: 5 April 1819 Laid down: October 1821 Launched: 15 November 1822; 1164 tons (bm) Completed: January 1829 at Portsmouth Dockyard. Fate: Sold to be broken up at Rio de Janeiro 5 May 1863. Builder: Pembroke Dockyard. Ordered: 15 May 1821 Laid down: October 1824 Launched: 15 April 1828 Completed: never completed; laid up at Plymouth Dockyard. Fate: Sold to be broken up on 15 May 1906. Builder: Pembroke Dockyard. Ordered: 15 May 1821 Laid down: July 1825 Launched: 9 October 1828 Completed: never completed; laid up at Plymouth Dockyard. Fate: Renamed Monmouth 1868. Sold to be broken up in 1902. Builder: Chatham Dockyard. Ordered: 8 January 1822 Laid down: September 1825 Launched: 20 December 1827 Completed: 3 March 1828. Fate: Sold to Trinity House in May 1867. Builder: Chatham Dockyard. Ordered: 13 September 1824 Laid down: February 1827 Launched: 19 February 1829 Completed: 20 March 1828. Fate: Sold to be broken up in November 1865. A further vessel, HMS Jason, also first ordered to