HMS Leda (1800)
Leda | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Leda |
| Ordered | 27 April 1796 |
| Builder | Chatham Dockyard |
| Laid down | 1 May 1799 |
| Launched | 18 November 1800 |
| Completed | 19 December 1800 |
| Commissioned | November 1800 |
| Honours and awards | Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Egypt" |
| Fate | Wrecked 31 January 1808 off West Angle, Milford Haven, Wales, UK |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Leda-class frigate |
| Tons burthen | 107111⁄94 (bm) |
| Length |
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| Beam | 40 ft 1 in (12.22 m) |
| Depth of hold | 12 ft 9 in (3.89 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 284 (later 300); |
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HMS Leda, launched in 1800, was the lead ship of a successful class of forty-seven British Royal Navy 38-gun sailing frigates. Leda's design was based on the French Hébé, which the British had captured in 1782. (Hébé herself was the name vessel for the French Hébé-class frigates. Hébé, therefore, has the rare distinction of being the model for both a French and a British frigate class.) Leda was wrecked at the mouth of Milford Haven in 1808, Captain Honeyman was exonerated of all blame, as it was a pilot error.