HMS Hydra (1797)

The action Between HMS Hydra and the Furet, 27 February 1806
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Hydra
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	30 April 1795
Builder	William Cleverley, Gravesend
Laid down	November 1795
Launched	13 March 1797
Commissioned	25 June 1797 after fitting out at Woolwich Dockyard
In service	1797
Out of service	1817
Fate	Sold 13 January 1820.
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Fifth-rate
Tons burthen	1,02459⁄94 (bm)
Length	148 ft 3 in (45.2 m)
Beam	39 ft 6+1⁄2 in (12.1 m)
Depth of hold	12 ft 8 in (3.9 m)
Propulsion	Sail
Complement	284 (raised later to 315)
Armament	UD: 28 × 18-pounder guns QD: 12 × 32-pounder carronades Fc: 2 × 12-pounder guns + 2 × 32-pounder carronades

HMS Hydra launched in 1797 was a fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. From 1813 to 1817 she served as a troopship. She was sold in 1820.

She was built to the design of the captured French frigate Melpomene (taken in 1794).