HMS Trincomalee

Trincomalee in her current location in Hartlepool
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Trincomalee
OperatorNational Museum of the Royal Navy
Ordered30 October 1812
BuilderWadia Group
Cost£23,000
Laid down25 April 1816
Launched12 October 1817
Out of service1986
Renamed
  • Foudroyant: 1903
  • Trincomalee: 1992
HomeportNational Museum of the Royal Navy, Hartlepool, England
StatusMuseum ship
General characteristics
Class & typeLeda-class frigate
Tons burthen1065.63 bm
Length
  • 150 ft 4.5 in (45.834 m) (gundeck)
  • 125 ft 7.25 in (38.2842 m) (keel)
Beam39 ft 11.25 in (12.1730 m)
Depth of hold12 ft 9 in (3.89 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement315 officers and men
Armament
  • 38-guns: (classed as 46 as carronades were counted in armament from 1817)
    • Gundeck:
      • 28 × 18-pounders
    • Quarterdeck:
      • 14 × 32-pounder carronades
    • Forecastle:

HMS Trincomalee is a Royal Navy Leda-class sailing frigate built shortly after the end of the Napoleonic Wars. She is now restored as a museum ship afloat in the National Museum of the Royal Navy, Hartlepool, England.

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