HMS Naiad (1797)
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| Career (Great Britain) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Naiad |
| Builder: | Hall & Co., Limehouse |
| Launched: | 1797 |
| Commissioned: | 1798 |
| Out of service: | 1826 |
| Fate: | Broken up 1898 |
| Notes: | Depot ship between 1846 and 1898 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Frigate |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
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HMS Naiad was a Royal Navy frigate that served in the Napoleonic Wars.
She was built by Hall and Co. at Limehouse on the Thames, launched in 1797 and commissioned in 1798.
On 15 October 1799 Naiad sighted two Spanish frigates, the Santa Brigada and Thetis, which were returning from Mexico to Spain with gold worth £600,000. She gave chase with two other British frigates, HMS Ethalian and HMS Almene. Ethalian caught and captured the Thetis, whilst Naiad and Almene captured the Santa Brigada.
In 1805 Naiad was part of the squadron of frigates that watched the French and Spanish fleets in Cadiz prior to the Battle of Trafalgar. Too small to take part in the battle itself, she lay to windward of the action. After the battle she towed HMS Belleisle to Gibraltar.
She served in many other actions in the Napoleonic Wars, and was finally paid off in 1826.
Naiad was sent to serve as a depot ship, first to Valparaiso, Chile in 1846 and then to Callao, Peru from 1851 and 1898. Broken up in 1898 Naiad was the longest survivor of any of the British ships at Trafalgar apart from HMS Victory.
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