&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:HMS_Menelaus_and_Eclair_with_a_settee_PW0054.png) HMS Menelaus (in centre) by William Innes Pocock R.N.
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Menelaus |
| Namesake | Menelaus |
| Ordered | 28 September 1808 |
| Builder | Plymouth Dockyard |
| Laid down | November 1808 |
| Launched | 17 April 1810 |
| Completed | 21 June 1810 |
| Fate | Sold to be broken up, 10 May 1897 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Lively-class frigate |
| Tons burthen | 1,071 51⁄94 bm |
| Length | 154 ft (47 m) |
| Beam | 39 ft 5 in (12.01 m) |
| Draught | 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 284 |
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HMS Menelaus was a Royal Navy 38-gun fifth rate frigate, launched in 1810 at Plymouth.