HMS Hamadryad (1823)

Hamadryad as a hospital ship in Cardiff Docks with the almost complete Royal Hamadryad Hospital behind it (c. 1904)
History
United Kingdom
NameHamadryad
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered25 April 1817
BuilderPembroke Dockyard
Laid downSeptember 1819
Launched25 July 1823
Completed23 August 1823 at Plymouth Dockyard
FateSold 11 July 1905
General characteristics
Class & typeModified Leda-class frigate
Tons burthen1082 bm
Length
  • 150 ft 9.25 in (46.0 m) (gundeck)
  • 127 ft 1 in (38.7 m) (keel)
Beam40 ft 4 in (12.3 m)
Depth of hold12 ft 9 in (3.9 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement300
Armament
  • 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 Hamadryad was a 46-gun fifth-rate Modified Leda-class frigate of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1823 and later became a hospital ship in Cardiff, Wales.

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