HMS Boadicea (1797)
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 United Kingdom
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| Name: | HMS Boadicea |
| Namesake: | Boudica |
| Operator: | Royal Navy |
| Ordered: | 30 April 1795 |
| Builder: | Adams yard, Bucklers Hard |
| Laid down: | September 1795 |
| Launched: | 12 April 1797 |
| Commissioned: | 9 September 1797 |
| Honours and awards: |
Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Boadicea 18 Sept. 1810" |
| Fate: | 1854 hulked. 1858 broken up. |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen: | 1052 5⁄94 (bm) |
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| Beam: | 39 ft 11 1⁄2 in (12.2 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 12 ft 8 in (3.9 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sail |
| Complement: | 284 |
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HMS Boadicea was a frigate of the Royal Navy. She served in the Channel and in the East Indies during which service she captured many prizes. She participated in one action for which the Admiralty awarded the Naval General Service Medal. She was broken up in 1858.
Boadicea was one of a batch of large frigates ordered in 1795, all of which were the largest of their type, and the majority of which were to the draught of captured French ships, the Navy then being under the sway of Middleton and the French school of thought, a school supposing that the design of warships in France was of a higher quality. She was built to the design of Imperieuse, a 40-gun ship completed in 1787 and captured in October 1793. Changes were made to the shape of the topsides, and the scantlings and fastenings were strengthened to reflect British practice. She retained her shallow French hull form, and as a result the holds and magazines were considered cramped.
Boadicea was commissioned under Captain Richard Keats for service in the Channel Fleet. Under Keats she served on this station for several years during which time she captured many prizes.
On 19 September Boadicea and Anson captured the French privateer brig Zephyr. She was out of Nantes, was armed with two brass 12-pounder guns and six 6-pounder guns, and had a crew of 70. She had not made any captures. The next day the two British vessels recaptured the ship Eliza, which was sailing under American colours. She had been sailing from London to the Cape of Good Hope with a cargo of merchandise when the French privateer Confiance had captured her. Then on the day after that, they recaptured the ship Jenny, of Greenock, which had been sailing from Liverpool to Virginia with a cargo of salt, earthenware and bale goods. The Jenny had fallen prey on 10 September, after a fight, to the privateer Hazard of Rochelle.
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