HMS Leda (1828)

Leda
History
United Kingdom
NameLeda
NamesakeLeda
Ordered15 May 1821
BuilderPembroke Dockyard
Laid downOctober 1824
Launched15 April 1828
CompletedMay 1828
CommissionedNever
ReclassifiedAs a water police ship, March 1865
FateSold for scrap, 15 May 1906
General characteristics
Class & typeSeringapatam-class frigate
Tons burthen1171 38/94 bm
Length
  • 159 ft (48.5 m) (gundeck)
  • 133 ft 5 in (40.7 m) (keel)
Beam41 ft 2 in (12.5 m)
Draught15 ft (4.6 m) (unloaded only)
Depth12 ft 9 in (3.9 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement315
Armament

HMS Leda was a 46-gun Seringapatam-class fifth-rate frigate built for the Royal Navy during the 1820s, one of seven ships of the Druid sub-class.

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