HMS Meleager (1785)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Meleager.
HMS Meleager was a 32-gun Amazon-class frigate' that Greaves and Nickolson built in 1785 at the Quarry House yard in Frindsbury, Kent, England.[2] She served during the French Revolutionary Wars until 1801, when she was wrecked in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Great Britain | |
Name | HMS Meleager |
Namesake | Meleager |
Builder | Greaves & Nickolson, Frindsbury, Kent |
Launched | 1785 |
Fate | Wrecked 9 June 1801 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Amazon-class frigate |
Type | Fifth-rate frigate |
Tons burthen | 68248ā94 (bm) |
Length |
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Beam | 35 ft 1 in (10.7 m) |
Depth | 12 ft 2 in (3.7 m) |
Armament | 32 guns |
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