Name | Cressy (launched as Unicorn, 1824) | Explanation | |
Type | Fifth rate | ||
Launched | 30 March 1824 | ||
Hull | Wooden | ||
Propulsion | Sail | ||
Builders measure | 1084 tons | ||
Displacement | |||
Guns | 46 | ||
Fate | |||
Class | Modified Leda | ||
Ships book | |||
Note | 1860 powder hulk. 1873 RNR drill ship. 1939 = Unicorn II. 1941 = Cressy. 1959 = Unicorn. 1968 preserved. still extant. | ||
Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
Date | Event | ||
(January 1840) | Out of commission at Chatham | ||
1 January 1874 - 13 April 1874 | Commanded by Commander Harry Woodfall Brent, Drill Ship, Royal naval Reserve, Dundee | ||
1939 | Renamed Unicorn II | ||
1941 | Renamed Cressy | ||
1959 | Renamed Unicorn |