History | |
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Great Britain | |
Name | Lascelles |
Builder | Wells & Co. Rotherhithe |
Launched | 4 July 1795 |
Renamed | HMS Madras |
Honours and awards | Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Egypt"[1] |
Fate | Sold 1807 already partially dismantled |
General characteristics [2] | |
Tons burthen | 142585⁄94 (bm) |
Length |
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Beam | 43 ft 1+3⁄4 in (13.2 m) |
Depth of hold | 17 ft 6 in (5.3 m) |
Sail plan | Sloop |
Complement | 344 |
Armament |
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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.