HMS Meleager (1806)
HMS Meleager was a 36-gun fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1806 and wrecked on 30 July 1808 off Jamaica. During her brief career she captured two armed vessels and two merchantmen on the Jamaica station. She was named after Meleager, who could have been a Macedonian officer of distinction in the service of Alexander the Great, or a Meleager a character from Greek mythology.
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HMS Meleager (1806)
HMS Meleager was a 36-gun fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1806 and wrecked on 30 July 1808 off Jamaica. During her brief career she captured two armed vessels and two merchantmen on the Jamaica station. She was named after Meleager, who could have been a Macedonian officer of distinction in the service of Alexander the Great, or a Meleager a character from Greek mythology.
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HMS Meleager was a 36-gun fift ...... haracter from Greek mythology.
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4.17576e+1
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1.15824e+1
ship launched
1806-11-25
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Wrecked on 30 July 1808 offJamaica
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14,853,581
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686,111,867
Ship armament
*Upper deck:26 x 18-pounder g ...... ns + 2 x 32-pounder carronades
Ship builder
Chatham Dockyard
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HMS Meleager was a 36-gun fift ...... haracter from Greek mythology.
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HMS Meleager (1806)
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HMS Meleager
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