Английская Википедия:HMS Melampus (1820)

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HMS Melampus was a 46-gun modified Шаблон:Sclass fifth-rate frigate built for the Royal Navy during the 1810s. Completed in 1820, she was not commissioned until 1845 for the South America Station and was converted into a store and receiving ship in 1855. The ship was briefly assigned as a coast guard ship before being paid off in 1858. Melampus was converted into a Roman Catholic chapel ship in 1866 and then became a store ship twenty years later. The ship was sold for scrap in 1906.

Description

Melampus 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 1088 Шаблон:Fraction tons burthen.[1] The modified Leda-class frigates were 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 forecastle. The ship had a crew of 315 officers and ratings.[2]

Construction and career

Melampus, the second ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy,[3] was ordered on 1 May 1816, laid down in August 1817 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 10 August 1820.[2] She was completed for ordinary at Plymouth Dockyard 2–23 September 1829 and was roofed over from the mainmast forward. The ship cost £23,007 to build and £7,072 to fit out for ordinary. She was fitted out for sea at a total cost of £9,156 from March to 18 May 1845.[1]

MelampusШаблон:'s first commission began on 12 March with Captain John Campbell in command and she was ready for sea on 18 May.[1]

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  1. 1,0 1,1 1,2 Winfield, pp. 586–87
  2. 2,0 2,1 Winfield & Lyon, pp. 107–08
  3. Colledge, pp. 221–22