46 Gun Frigate

Leda

Chatham Dockyard
Chatham, Kent, England

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March 30, 1824

February 1822

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On display as a museum ship at Dundee, Scotland.

Built in 1824 at Chatham Royal Dockyard, Kent, the oldest British Navy ship afloat constructed in England. (Trincomalee was launched on 12th October 1817, but not in England. HMS Victory was launched on the 7 th May 1767 but is now in a permanent dry dock.)

Unicorn was a modified Leda Class Frigate of 46 guns, similar to the Trincomalee. As war with France had ended, Unicorn was never rigged. Her hull was roofed over and she was placed in reserve. From 1873 Unicorn was based at Dundee, Scotland where she was used as a depot ship for the next 140 years. Preservation as a museum ship, rather than restoration, began in 1960.

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