HMS Unicorn (1794)

Unicorn
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Unicorn
Ordered	9 December 1790
Builder	M/Shipwright John Nelson (died March 1793; completed by Thomas Pollard, Chatham Dockyard
Laid down	March 1792
Launched	12 July 1794
Honours and awards	Naval General Service Medal (NGSM) with clasp "Unicorn 8 June 1796"[1] "Basque Roads"[2]
Fate	Broken up in March 1815
General characteristics [3]
Class and type	32-gun Pallas-class frigate
Tons burthen	7913⁄94 bm
Length	135 ft 8+3⁄4 in (41.4 m)
Beam	36 ft 2+3⁄4 in (11.0 m)
Depth of hold	12 ft 5+3⁄4 in (3.8 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	Upper deck: 26 × 18-pounder guns QD: 4 × 6-pounder guns + 4 × 32-pounder carronades Fc: 2 × 6-pounder guns + 2 × 32-pounder carronades

HMS Unicorn was a 32-gun fifth-rate Pallas-class frigate of the Royal Navy, launched in 1794 at Chatham. This frigate served in both the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars, including a medal action early in her career. She was broken up in 1815.