Earlier this week I had to go to Dundee for a work event so I took some time out to visit HMS Unicorn. Unicorn is a Leda class frigate built at Chatham dockyard and launched in 1824. Along with HMS Trincomalee she is one of only two frigates surviving in the UK from this era. Unicorn is particularly unusual as she has spent her entire existence
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It was incredibly difficult manoeuvring around the orlop, even while it was brightly lit and the ship was stationary. I can't imagine what it must have been like in the dark with a high sea running. No wonder Stephen had trouble!
And the lieutenants' cabins... it hardly needs saying.
I spent quite some time sitting in those cabins.
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I also love her outer appearance: black and white matching in the great cabin. She really is a man of war. Thanks for all the pictures. I feel like 1824 now...
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Btw: how far is Dundee from Maidenhead? Maybe I'm going to visit nodbear in September again :)
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The Unicorn Trust had originally intended to re-mast her but when they discovered that she had only ever been roofed, they decided to preserve the roof instead.
How far is Dundee from Maidenhead
Quite a long way! Though there is another Leda class frigate, HMS Trincomalee, preserved in Hartlepool which is a little closer to Maidenhead, though I don't know if it's any easier to get to!
Maybe I'm going to visit nodbear in September again :)
Huzzah!
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Yes, that's what I thought. And I thought of you too while I sat alone in that cabin.
I hope you're settled in your new home now and the chaos is subsiding.
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