&sq=&lang=&file=File:KEPPEL(1853)_HMS_MEANDER.jpg) HMS Maeander (c1850) by Oswald Walters Brierly
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Maeander |
| Namesake | Maeander |
| Ordered | 13 September 1824 |
| Builder | Chatham Dockyard |
| Laid down | February 1829 |
| Launched | 5 May 1840 |
| Completed | 17 January 1848 |
| Fate | Hulked 1857. Wrecked at Ascension in July 1870. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Seringapatam-class frigate |
| Tons burthen | 1,221 bm |
| Length | 133 ft (41 m) (keel) |
| Beam | 42 ft 5 in (12.93 m) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 321 (222 seamen, 39 boys and 60 marines) |
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HMS Maeander was a Seringapatam-class sailing frigate of the British Royal Navy. Her service included the suppression of piracy, the Crimean War, and support for the suppression of slavery with the West Africa Squadron. She was wrecked in a gale in 1870.