HMS Seringapatam (1819)
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HMS Seringapatam was a 46-gun Seringapatam-class fifth-rate frigate built for the Royal Navy between 1817 and 1821, the name ship of her class.
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | |
Name | Seringapatam |
Namesake | Seringapatam |
Ordered | August 1813[1] |
Builder | Bombay Dockyard and Plymouth Dockyard[1] |
Laid down | November 1817[1] |
Launched | 5 September 1819[1] |
Completed | April 1821[2] |
Commissioned | November 1820[2] |
Reclassified | as store ship, 1848;[3] as coal hulk, 1858;[4] as Receiving Ship at Cape of Good Hope, 1861.[3] |
Fate | Sold for scrap, broken up 1873[5] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Seringapatam-class frigate |
Tons burthen | 1152 tons[3] |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Armament | 46 guns[6] |
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