HMS Seringapatam (1819)

HMS Seringapatam was a 46-gun Seringapatam-class fifth-rate frigate built for the Royal Navy between 1817 and 1821, the name ship of her class.

Seringapatam in the Grand Harbour, Malta, c. 1826,
by Anton Schranz
History
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
NameSeringapatam
NamesakeSeringapatam
OrderedAugust 1813
BuilderBombay Dockyard and Plymouth Dockyard
Laid downNovember 1817
Launched5 September 1819
CompletedApril 1821
CommissionedNovember 1820
Reclassifiedas store ship, 1848; as coal hulk, 1858; as Receiving Ship at Cape of Good Hope, 1861.
FateSold for scrap, broken up 1873
General characteristics
Class and typeSeringapatam-class frigate
Tons burthen1152 tons
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament46 guns
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