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Naiad

HMS Naiad

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeFrigate
RateFifth rate
Guns38 guns
WarNapoleonic Wars

38-gun frigate, a repeating frigate at Trafalgar. She towed the dismasted Belleisle out of danger.

NAIAD 1797 lines Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • Upper deck: 28 × 18-pounder guns
  • QD: 2 × 9-pounder guns + 10 × 32-pounder carronades
  • Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns + 4 × 32-pounder carronades
BuilderHall & Co., Limehouse
Launched1797
Commissioned1798
Length147 ft (44.8 m) (gun deck) 122 ft 8+3⁄8 in (37.4 m) (keel)
Complement284 (later 315)

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

Career

Launched

1797

21 October 1805

Towed Belleisle

Fate

Survived

Broken up 1898