HMS Trincomalee

	Trincomalee in her current location in Hartlepool
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Trincomalee
Operator	National Museum of the Royal Navy
Ordered	30 October 1812
Builder	Wadia Group
Cost	£23,000
Laid down	25 April 1816
Launched	12 October 1817
Out of service	1986
Renamed	Foudroyant: 1903; Trincomalee: 1992;
Homeport	National Museum of the Royal Navy, Hartlepool, England
Status	Museum ship
General characteristics
Class and type	Leda-class frigate
Tons burthen	1065.63 bm
Length	150 ft 4.5 in (45.834 m) (gundeck); 125 ft 7.25 in (38.2842 m) (keel);
Beam	39 ft 11.25 in (12.1730 m)
Depth of hold	12 ft 9 in (3.89 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	315 officers and men
Armament	38-guns: (classed as 46 as carronades were counted in armament from 1817); Gundeck:; 28 × 18-pounders; Quarterdeck:; 14 × 32-pounder carronades; Forecastle:; 2 × 9-pounders; 2 × 32-pdr carronades;

HMS Trincomalee is a Royal Navy Leda-class sailing frigate built shortly after the end of the Napoleonic Wars. She is now restored as a museum ship afloat in the National Museum of the Royal Navy, Hartlepool, England.

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