 Herkybird  | 05 Feb 2016 6:05 a.m. PST |
This ship, although commissioned in 1817, is the last floating Leda class Frigate from the Napoleonic wars period. Its now been restored to something like its former glory! I have done a photo journal of my visit yesterday, its on my blog at link
I hope you enjoy it half as much as I did visiting it! |
| Herkybird | 05 Feb 2016 6:23 a.m. PST |
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| plutarch 64 | 05 Feb 2016 6:23 a.m. PST |
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| ModelJShip | 05 Feb 2016 6:28 a.m. PST |
yes I created another post! |
| wminsing | 05 Feb 2016 6:38 a.m. PST |
Awesome! Next time I'm in the UK I will have to try and see her! -Will |
| Nightmoss | 05 Feb 2016 8:33 a.m. PST |
Marvelous series of photos! Thanks for sharing. |
| Mark Barker | 06 Feb 2016 2:38 p.m. PST |
Actually she is not the only Leda class afloat in the UK. Amazingly we have two – don't forget HMS Unicorn up in Dundee ! She was never taken into service and was roofed over as a reserve at the end of the Napoleonic Wars, and so she has stayed ever since in various training capacities. Probably more for the person with a serious interest in our period than the casual tourist (she has no masts for a start so a certain amount of imagination is called for when imagining yourself as Aubrey or Bolitho on the quarterdeck), I found Unicorn to have an air of unrestored, unprettified honesty about her and you could have a really good, unsupervised poke around at your own pace. Definitely worth the detour if you are north of the border. Mark Barker |
| Herkybird | 07 Feb 2016 5:25 a.m. PST |
Hi Mark! I had not forgotten HMS Unicorn, but as you know she was never completed or commisioned in the RN. She, like Trincomalee to a much smaller degree, was modified in the Victorian period to make her design more current. I would indeed visit her though, if I get to that part os Scotland! |
| Mac1638 | 08 Feb 2016 3:19 a.m. PST |
While the USS Constitution is in dry dock The Trinc is the oldest ship afloat. |
| platypus01au | 08 Feb 2016 5:05 a.m. PST |
I visited her in 2008 with my wife and her aunt. They are both just under 5" in hight and could walk around on all decks without having to duck…. Cheers,
JohnG |
| whitejamest | 08 Feb 2016 10:59 a.m. PST |
Thanks for posting this, an awesome tour of a beautiful ship. Very much enjoyed it. |
| devsdoc | 09 Feb 2016 7:22 p.m. PST |
Arrr! Happy times. I spent a whole morning (In the rain) going around her and the dock-side last October. A must see ship. For us Southerners a long trip north. If I had time I would do it again tomorrow.
Be safe
Rory |
| Bozkashi Jones | 15 Feb 2016 4:53 p.m. PST |
Visited last year and she really is a beaut! Two things struck me – 1) how big she felt! I know she's a big frigate but she really felt big compared to Victory 2) Yep – she's afloat – it was a windy day so she was actually rolling a bit! Certainly added to the atmosphere… The setting is spot on too – loads to explore. Thanks for sharing – looking forward to my next visit. Nick |
| devsdoc | 16 Feb 2016 11:05 a.m. PST |
Sorry B. J. I do not understand 1)?????
Victory is a 3 gun-deck 1st rate and H.M.S Trincomalee is a single gun-deck 5th rate Frigate. How can she feel bigger?
My partner Jane who has been aboard the Victory a number of times was surprized how small H.M.S. Trincomlee was. She could now understand the stories of frigate actions she has read in many books of the period.
Be safe
Rory |
| Bozkashi Jones | 17 Feb 2016 11:24 a.m. PST |
Yup – I know! That's why I was surprised. I expected it to feel far smaller, but it is purely perception – and it felt bigger than I expected. But; consider that Victory has a 186' gundeck, Trincolmalee's is 150', so is 19% smaller. On the beam Victory is 52' against 39', so 25% smaller. On the other hand Victory had a crew of 850, whereas Trincomalee's crew of 315 was 63% smaller… With more space and fewer crew (and therefore less space taken up with galleys and messes) she just FELT a lot bigger than I expected (even though I know she's smaller than Victory). The officer's quarters in particular felt palatial (at maybe 8' by 6' for each cabin) compared to the cramped accommodation of a first rate. Then cramming in three gundecks as opposed to one, even allowing for extra height overall, still means that I was ducking my head far less often! Perception is a funny thing, but coming away from Trincomalee I definitely felt I could live on a frigate far more happily than a first rate – but then many in Nelson's navy felt the same, if only for the prize money. Nick |
| Bozkashi Jones | 17 Feb 2016 2:49 p.m. PST |
Just to correct my own maths… What I should have said is that Trincomalee has 81% of the length and 75% of the beam of Victory but has only 37% of her crew… And that, gentlemen, is why my career is in law enforcement rather than accountancy! Nick |
| devsdoc | 17 Feb 2016 3:26 p.m. PST |
Nick,
Now I understand. As you say she looks and feels that you could swing a cat in her!!!! She is a lovely thing to behold.
I would go again tomorrow if I had less miles between her and me.
Be safe
Rory |
| Blutarski | 17 Feb 2016 6:48 p.m. PST |
I was aboard the Frigate Rose (i.e. HMS Surprise of "Master and Commander " fame) a long time ago when she was berthed at Newport, Rhode Island. She is absolutely tiny compared to USS Constitution. B |
| Choctaw | 18 Feb 2016 1:37 p.m. PST |
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| AuvergneWargamer | 19 Feb 2016 2:51 a.m. PST |
Bonjour herkybird, Thanks for posting this. Makes me want to go and see it properly as when I went to Hartlepool 5 or so years ago I wasn't able to take a tour. Inspires me to construct, paint and crew my rather nice Britannia 28mm British Frigate! Piccies of this and other fabulous 28mm vessels can be seen at: link Cheers, Paul |
