HMS Naiad (1797)

Naiad
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Naiad
Builder	Hall & Co., Limehouse
Launched	1797
Commissioned	1798
Out of service	1826
Honours and awards	Naval General Service Medal (NGSM) with clasp "Trafalgar"[1]
Fate	Broken up 1898
Notes	Depot ship between 1846 and 1898
General characteristics [2]
Class and type	Amazon-class frigate
Tons burthen	101390⁄94 ((bm)
Length	147 ft (44.8 m) (gun deck); 122 ft 8+3⁄8 in (37.4 m) (keel)
Beam	39 ft 5 in (12.0 m)
Depth of hold	13 ft 9 in (4.2 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Complement	284 (later 315)
Armament	Upper deck: 28 × 18-pounder guns Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns + 4 × 32-pounder carronades

HMS Naiad was a Royal Navy fifth-rate frigate that served in the Napoleonic Wars. She was built by Hall and Co. at Limehouse on the Thames, launched in 1797, and commissioned in 1798. She served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, and her last actions occurred in 1824–5. She was paid off in 1826. She then served for many years in Latin America as a coal depot, first for the Royal Navy and then for the Pacific Steam Navigation Company. She was broken up in 1898, 101 years after her launching.