HMS Meleager (1785)

History
Great Britain
NameHMS Meleager
NamesakeMeleager
BuilderGreaves & Nickolson, Frindsbury, Kent
Launched1785
FateWrecked 9 June 1801
General characteristics
Class & typeAmazon-class frigate
TypeFifth-rate frigate
Tons burthen6824894 (bm)
Length
  • 126 ft (38 m) (o/a)
  • 104 ft (31.7 m) (keel)
Beam35 ft 1 in (10.7 m)
Depth12 ft 2 in (3.7 m)
Armament32 guns

HMS Meleager was a 32-gun Amazon-class frigate that Greaves and Nickolson built in 1785 at the Quarry House yard in Frindsbury, Kent, England. She served during the French Revolutionary Wars until 1801, when she was wrecked in the Gulf of Mexico.