HMS Briton

HMS Briton was a 38-gun fifth-rate frigate of the British Royal Navy's Leda class. She was ordered on 28 September 1808 and her keel laid down at Chatham Dockyard in February 1810. Navy veteran Sir Thomas Staines was appointed her first captain on 7 May 1812 but did not join the ship until 17 June 1813 owing to his being at sea aboard HMS Hamadryad. After a period of cruising in the Bay of Biscay, the vessel set sail for South America where during the course of several missions she unexpectedly encountered the last member of the crew that had seized HMS Bounty from its captain Lieutenant William Bligh during the 1789 mutiny aboard the ship. With the coming of the Pax Britannica in 1815, Briton undertook various voyages before she was broken up in 1860.

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Leda-class fifth-rate frigate, fifth-rate frigate, Chatham Dockyard, Royal Navy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 

• Three Decks page^@
• The Victorian Royal Navy page^@
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1812 HMS Briton

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keel laying

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ship launching

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Frameless

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		Three Decks page@		Wikidata
link	page		The Victorian Royal Navy page@		Wikidata