Preservation and Replication
Two British sailing frigates, both of the Leda class, are preserved, HMS Trincomalee at Hartlepool and HMS Unicorn at Dundee. On display in Portsmouth is a sail-and-steam-powered ship in 1860, HMS Warrior. Warrior, constructed of wrought iron, was the world’s first iron-hulled, armoured warship powered by steam as well as sail. She and her sister ship, HMS Black Prince, were the sole members of the Warrior class ironclads: Queen Victoria's "Black Battle Fleet." Warrior was used for 50 years as an oil jetty at Milford Haven before being restored to her former glory.
On display in Boston (and still a commissioned US Navy vessel), is the USS Constitution. Launched in 1797, she is one of the original six frigates of the United States Navy. As a commissioned USN vessel she is afloat and maintained in superb condition by her crew.
On Display in Ebeltoft, Denmark is the Jylland, launched 1860.
In 1997 a project to rebuild a famous French frigate was able to lay the keel in a dry dock in Rochefort. The frigate Hermione was the ship that carried Lafayette to the US during the American revolutionary war. The original Hermione was sunk in 1793 off the French coast, and her wreck was rediscovered in 1992. Fortunately, the British had captured her sister ship in the Napoleonic wars and had recorded her construction in great detail, which documents were then available for the reconstruction. The replica is faithful in almost every way to the original. The ship is 56 metres long and carries 26×12-pounder armament. The project site contains many very interesting photos of her construction, a site for the book to accompany her build and launch (in English) gives some summary details.
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