HMS Naiad (1797)
Naiad tows the Belleisle towards Gibraltar, 23 October 1805
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| Name: | HMS Naiad |
| Builder: | Hall & Co., Limehouse |
| Launched: | 1797 |
| Commissioned: | 1798 |
| Out of service: | 1826 |
| Honours and awards: |
Naval General Service Medal (NGSM) with clasp "Trafalgar" |
| Fate: | Broken up 1898 |
| Notes: | Depot ship between 1846 and 1898 |
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| Class and type: | Fifth-rate frigate |
| Tons burthen: | 1013 90⁄94 ((bm) |
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| Beam: | 39 ft 5 in (12.0 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 13 ft 9 in (4.19 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Complement: | 284 (later 315) |
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HMS Naiad was a Royal Navy fifth-rate frigate that served in the Napoleonic Wars. She was built by Hall and Co. at Limehouse on the Thames, launched in 1797 and commissioned in 1798. She served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, and her last actions occurred in 1824-5. She was paid off in 1826. She then served for many years in Latin America as a depot ship, first for the Royal Navy and then for the Pacific Steam Navigation Company. She was broken up in 1898, 101 years after her launching.
Naiad was built to a design by Sir William Rule. She was an expanded version of his Amazon-class frigates.
Captain William Pierrepoint took command of Naiad in April 1797.
On 3 April 1798 Naiad captured the Mary and Elizabeth. Sixteen days later, Naiad, Mars and Ramillies were in sight when Jason captured the French gun-brig Arrogante.Arrogante was armed with six long 24-pounder guns and had a crew of 92 men. The British took her into service as HMS Arrogante, but then renamed her HMS Insolent in August. Then Naiad and Sylph took the Vriendfchap Beerens on 16 May.
Then on 11 August, some 42 leagues from Cape Finisterre, and after a chase of four hours, Naiad captured the French privateer Tigre, which was under the command of Stephen Bonaventure Aggaret. Tigre was armed with eight 4-pounder guns and eight swivels. She had a crew of 31 men, having put another 22 men aboard the prizes that she had taken in the eight days since she had left Groire.
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