HMS Melampus

Survived

Type	Frigate
Rate	Fifth rate
Guns	36
War	French Revolutionary Wars

36-gun frigate, at Tory Island. She took Résolue two days later.

Detail from the painting (oil on canvas) by Bristol artist Chris Woodhouse of the 36-gun Bristol-built frigate HMS Melampus, commissioned and purchased in 1990 by Bristol City Museum on behalf of Bristol City Council, to be a permanent exhibit in Bristol Industrial Museum in Port of Bristol section Photo: Chris Woodhouse., CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

Upper deck: 26 × 18-pounder guns
QD: 8 × 9-pounder guns + 4 × 18-pounder carronades (replaced by 32-pounder carronades in June 1793)
Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns + 4 × 18-pounder carronades (planned but never fitted)

Builder	James Martin Hillhouse, Bristol
Laid down	December 1782
Launched	8 June 1785
Length	141 ft (43.0 m)
Complement	270

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

8 June 1785

Battle of Tory Island

Survived

12 October 1798

Fate

Survived

Sold to the Royal Netherlands Navy in June 1815