Seringapatam class frigate
| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Seringapatam |
| Operators: |
 Royal Navy
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| Subclasses: |
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| Completed: | 7 (plus 2 completed as steam/screw frigates) |
| Cancelled: | 17 (several after launching) |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Fifth-rate frigate |
| Tons burthen: | 1148, or 1152 (bm) |
| Length: |
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| Beam: | 40 ft 5 in (12.3 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 13 ft 6 in (4.1 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sail |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Complement: | 315 |
| Armament: |
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The Seringapatam class frigates, were a class of British Royal Navy 46-gun sailing frigates. The first vessel of the class was HMS Seringapatam. Seringapatam's design was based on the French frigate Président, which the British had captured in 1806. Seringapatam was originally ordered as a 38-gun frigate, but the re-classification of British warships which took effect in February 1817 raised this rating to 46-gun.
The Admiralty ordered six further ships to this design - including three ships which had originally been ordered as Leda class frigates, but the Seringapatam design was subsequently altered to produce a Modified version which was labelled the Druid sub-Class, and three of the ships formerly ordered to the Seringapatam original design (Madagascar, Nemesis and Jason) were re-ordered to this modified design. Subsequently a further modification of the design was produced, which was labelled the Andromeda sub-Class, and the remaining three of the ships formerly ordered to the Seringapatam original design (Manilla, Tigris and Statira) were re-ordered to this modified design. Further vessels were ordered to both modified designs, but the majority of these were subsequently cancelled. Both modified types are listed below.
The remaining ships ordered or re-ordered to this design were never completed:
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