HMS Unicorn (1824)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Unicorn
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	23 July 1817
Builder	Royal Dockyard, Chatham, Kent, England
Laid down	February 1822
Launched	30 March 1824
In service	1824
Out of service	~1964
Refit	1824, refit during construction to receiving/barracks vessel
Homeport	Dundee, Scotland
Status	Museum ship, Dundee, Scotland
General characteristics
Class and type	Modified Leda-class frigate
Tons burthen	1077 bm
Length	151 ft 9 in (46.25 m) (lower deck); 125 ft (38 m) (keel);
Beam	40 ft 3 in (12.27 m)
Depth of hold	12 ft 9 in (3.89 m)
Sail plan	Although never given masts, she was planned as a full-rigged ship
Range	Cannot move without tow (never rigged)
Complement	315
Armament	Upper deck: 28 × 18-pounder guns; Quarter deck: 14 × 32-pounder carronades; Forecastle: 2 × 9-pounder guns, 2 × 32-pounder carronades;

HMS Unicorn is a surviving sailing frigate of the successful Leda class, although the original design had been modified by the time that the Unicorn was built, to incorporate a circular stern and "small-timber" system of construction. Listed as part of the National Historic Fleet, Unicorn is now a museum ship in Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom. She is the oldest ship in Scotland, one of the oldest ships in the world, and one of the last intact warships from the age of sail.

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