HMS Milan (1805)
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For other ships with the same name, see French ship Hermione.
HMS Milan was a 38-gun fifth rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She had previously been Ville de Milan, a 40-gun frigate of the French Navy, but served for only a year before being chased down and engaged by the smaller 32-gun frigate HMS Cleopatra. Ville de Milan defeated and captured her opponent, but suffered so much damage that she was forced to surrender without a fight several days later when both ships encountered HMS Leander, a British fourth rate. Milan went on to serve with the Royal Navy for another ten years, before being broken up in 1815, after the conclusion of the Napoleonic Wars.
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Battle between Ville de Milan and HMS Cleopatra, depicted in a contemporary print | |
History | |
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France | |
Name | Hermione |
Builder | Lorient (Constructeur:Antoine Geoffroy) |
Laid down | January 1803 |
Launched | 15 November 1803 |
Completed | By February 1804 |
Renamed | Ville de Milan (26 December 1803) |
Captured | 23 February 1805, by the Royal Navy |
United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Milan |
Acquired | 23 February 1805 |
Nickname(s) | Wheel 'em Along[1] |
Fate | Broken up in December 1815 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | 38-gun fifth rate frigate |
Displacement | 1,350 tons (French) |
Tons burthen | 1,085 91⁄94 (bm) |
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Beam | 39 ft 10.5 in (12.2 m) |
Depth of hold | 12 ft 10 in (3.91 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Complement | 300 (later 315) |
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