HMS Meleager (1785)

History
Great Britain
NameHMS Meleager
NamesakeMeleager
BuilderGreaves & Nickolson, Frindsbury, Kent
Launched1785
FateWrecked 9 June 1801
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeAmazon-class frigate
TypeFifth-rate frigate
Tons burthen6824894 (bm)
Length
  • 126 ft (38 m) (o/a)
  • 104 ft (31.7 m) (keel)
Beam35 ft 1 in (10.7 m)
Depth12 ft 2 in (3.7 m)
Armament32 guns

HMS Meleager was a 32-gun Amazon-class frigate that Greaves and Nickolson built in 1785 at the Quarry House yard in Frindsbury, Kent, England.[2] She served during the French Revolutionary Wars until 1801, when she was wrecked in the Gulf of Mexico.

  1. ^ "NMM, vessel ID 371278" (PDF). Warship Histories, vol viii. National Maritime Museum. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
  2. ^ Merrily to Frendsbury-A History of the Parish of Frindsbury. Derek Barnard. Private Pub. City of Rochester Society. post 1994.