HMS Macedonian

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Macedonian
Ordered28 September 1808
BuilderWoolwich Dockyard
Laid downMay 1809
Launched2 June 1810
Out of service25 October 1812
FateCaptured
United States
NameUSS Macedonian
Acquired25 October 1812
CommissionedApril 1813
Decommissioned1828
FateBroken up, 1834
General characteristics
Class and typeLively-class frigate
Tons burthen1082 bm[1]
Length154 ft (47 m)
Beam38 ft 9 in (11.81 m)
Draft18 ft 4 in (5.59 m)
PropulsionSail
Complement306
Armamentrated as 38 guns 28 × 18-pounder guns 14 × 32-pounder carronades

HMS Macedonian was a 38-gun fifth-rate Lively-class frigate in the Royal Navy, later captured by the USS United States during the War of 1812.

  1. ^ Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8., p. 242

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