HMS Trincomalee
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For other ships with the same name, see List of ships named HMS Trincomalee.
HMS Trincomalee is a Royal Navy Leda-class sailing frigate built shortly after the end of the Napoleonic Wars. She is now restored as a museum ship afloat in the National Museum of the Royal Navy, Hartlepool, England.
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Trincomalee in her current location in Hartlepool | |
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Name | HMS Trincomalee |
Operator | National Museum of the Royal Navy |
Ordered | 30 October 1812 |
Builder | Wadia Group |
Cost | £23,000 |
Laid down | 25 April 1816 |
Launched | 12 October 1817 |
Out of service | 1986 |
Renamed |
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Homeport | National Museum of the Royal Navy, Hartlepool, England |
Status | Museum ship |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Leda-class frigate |
Tons burthen | 1065.63 bm |
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Beam | 39 ft 11.25 in (12.1730 m) |
Depth of hold | 12 ft 9 in (3.89 m) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Complement | 315 officers and men |
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