Английская Википедия:HMS Leda (1828)

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HMS Leda was a 46-gun Шаблон:Sclass fifth-rate frigate built for the Royal Navy during the 1820s, one of seven ships of the Druid sub-class.

Description

The Druid sub-class was an enlarged and improved version of the Serinapatam design, modified with a circular stern.[1] Leda had a length at the gundeck of Шаблон:Convert and Шаблон:Convert at the keel. She had a beam of Шаблон:Convert, a draught of Шаблон:Convert and a depth of hold of Шаблон:Convert. The ship's tonnage was 1171 Шаблон:Fraction tons burthen.[2] The Druid sub-class was armed with twenty-eight 18-pounder cannon on her gundeck, fourteen 32-pounder carronades on her quarterdeck and a pair of 9-pounder cannon and two more 32-pounder carronades in the forecastle. The ships had a crew of 315 officers and ratings.[3]

Construction and career

Leda, the fourth ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy,[4] was ordered on 15 May 1821, laid down in October 1824 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 15 April 1828.[3] She was completed for ordinary at Plymouth Dockyard in May 1828 and the ship was roofed over from the mainmast forward.[2]

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References

  1. Winfield, p. 717
  2. 2,0 2,1 Winfield, p. 713
  3. 3,0 3,1 Winfield & Lyon, p. 107
  4. Colledge, p. 240