HMS Melampus (1820)

Plan showing the midship section for Melampus
History
United Kingdom
Name	Melampus
Namesake	Melampus
Ordered	1 May 1815
Builder	Pembroke Dockyard
Laid down	August 1817
Launched	18 August 1820
Completed	18 May 1845
Commissioned	12 March 1845
Fate	Sold for scrap, 3 April 1906
General characteristics
Class and type	Modified Leda-class frigate
Tons burthen	1088 56/94 bm
Length	151 ft 10 in (46.3 m) (gundeck) 127 ft 1 in (38.7 m) (keel)
Beam	40 ft 6 in (12.3 m)
Draught	14 ft 7 in (4.4 m)
Depth	12 ft 9 in (3.9 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	315
Armament	46 guns: Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pdr cannon Quarterdeck: 14 × 32-pdr carronades Forecastle: 2 × 9-pdr cannon and 2 × 32-pdr carronades

HMS Melampus was a 46-gun modified Leda-class 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.