HMS Daedalus (1826)

The Daedalus sea serpent of 1848
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Daedalus
Ordered23 July 1817
BuilderSheerness Dockyard
Laid downNovember 1822
Launched22 May 1826 (floated out)
FateSold 14 September 1911
General characteristics
Class & typeModified Leda-class frigate
Tons burthen1082 bm
Length
  • 150 ft 10.25 in (45.9804 m) (gundeck)
  • 127 ft 4.5 in (38.824 m) (keel)
Beam40 ft 3.5 in (12.281 m)
Depth of hold12 ft 9 in (3.89 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement300
Armament
  • 46 guns (original)
  • Upper deck: Twenty-eight 18-pounder guns
  • Forecastle: Two 9-pounder guns and two 32-pounder carronades
  • Quarter deck: Eight 9-pounder guns and six 32-pounder carronades

HMS Daedalus was a 19th-century warship of the Royal Navy. She is primarily remembered for a reported sea serpent sighting by her captain and crew in August 1848.

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