HMS Unicorn

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Unicorn, 1824
Type: 5th rate ; Armament 46 (28 � 18pdr, 8 � 32pdr, 10 � 9pdr.)
Launched : 30 Mar 1824 ;
BM: 1084 tons
Notes:

1 Jan 1820 building or ordered to be built, with a circular stern.

Jul 1830 Chatham

13 Apr 1841 Chatham, was undocked on Saturday last ; she has been overhauled, painted, and her defects made good, and is ready for service.

Jan 1848 Chatham, in Ordinary (reserve)

20 Dec 1848 Chatham.

1857 Powder Depot, Woolwich

1870 Powder Depot, Woolwich

1873 RNR drill ship.

NL Jan 1921 Dundee.

1939 Renamed Unicorn II.

1941 Renamed Cressy.

1959 Reverted to original name - Unicorn.

1968 Preserved; and still extant.