HMS Madras (1795)

History
Great Britain
NameLascelles
BuilderWells & Co. Rotherhithe
Launched4 July 1795
RenamedHMS Madras
Honours and
awards
Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Egypt"[1]
FateSold 1807 already partially dismantled
General characteristics [2]
Tons burthen14258594 (bm)
Length
  • Overall: 175 ft 1+12 in (53.4 m)
  • Keel: 144 ft 0 in (43.9 m)
Beam43 ft 1+34 in (13.2 m)
Depth of hold17 ft 6 in (5.3 m)
Sail planSloop
Complement344
Armament
  • Upper deck (UD): 28 × 32-pounder carronades
  • Lower deck (LD): 28 × 18-pounder guns

HMS Madras was laid down as Lascelles, an East Indiaman being built for the British East India Company (EIC). The Royal Navy purchased her on the stocks and had her completed as a 56-gun fourth-rate. She was launched as HMS Madras in 1795, and served in the Leeward Islands and the Far East. In 1801, she was armed en flûte and served in the Mediterranean, first participating in the British campaign to drive Napoleon from Egypt. From 1803, she served as a guard ship at Malta and was broken up there in 1807.

  1. ^ "No. 21077". The London Gazette. 15 March 1850. pp. 791–792.
  2. ^ Winfield (2008), p. 113.