Seringapatam-class frigate

	HMS Seringapatam at anchor in Valletta Harbour between 1824 and 1827
Class overview
Name	Seringapatam
Operators	Royal Navy
Subclasses	Druid; Andromeda;
Completed	7 (plus 2 completed as steam/screw frigates)
Cancelled	17 (several after launching)
General characteristics
Type	Fifth-rate frigate
Tons burthen	1148, or 1152 (bm)
Length	157 ft 6 in (48.0 m) (gundeck); 132 ft 1+1⁄2 in (40.3 m) (keel);
Beam	40 ft 5 in (12.3 m)
Depth of hold	13 ft 6 in (4.1 m)
Propulsion	Sail
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	315
Armament	Upper deck: 28 × 18-pounder guns; Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns + 2 × 32-pounder carronades; QD: 14 × 32-pounder carronades;

The Seringapatam-class frigates, were a class of British Royal Navy 46-gun sailing frigates.

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