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HMS Surprise was the name the Royal Navy gave to the French Navy 's corvette Unité after Unité ' s capture in 1796. Unité was launched on 16 January 1794. Surprise gained fame in 1799 for the recapture of HMS Hermione. In 1802 Surprise was sold out of the service.
The result is a replica vessel unmatched in its authenticity and attention to detail. Surprise found a new home at the Maritime Museum of San Diego in 2004. A popular shoreside attraction, the ship now joins our collection of ships along with the Star of India and Californian.
- 32′
- 179′
- 500
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28 × 9-pound cannons (non-operational) HMS Surprise is a modern tall ship built at Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada. The vessel was built in 1970 as HMS Rose to a Phil Bolger design based on the original 18th-century British Admiralty drawings of HMS Rose, a 20-gun sixth-rate post ship from 1757.
HMS Surprise is the third historical novel in the Aubrey–Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian, first published in 1973. The series follows the partnership of Royal Navy Captain Jack Aubrey and his ship's surgeon Stephen Maturin during the wars against Napoleonic France.
- Patrick O'Brian
- 1973
May 30, 2011 · HMS Surprise, a frigate of the sixth rate, is the ship most closely associated with Jack Aubrey from the third book of the Canon, HMS Surprise, until the very end. Contents. [ hide] 1 Specification. 2 Surprise in history. 3 Surprise in the Canon. 3.1 Ship's Schedule. 3.2 Specifications in the Canon. 4 References. 4.1 External Links. Specification.
Draft: 13′. Beam: 30′. Rig Height: 130′. Sail Area: 13000 square feet. Tons: 263. Hull: wood. Organization: Maritime Museum of San Diego. Story. “HMS” Surprise is a 179’ full rigged ship. Her designers and builders made painstaking efforts to recreate a 24 gun frigate of Great Britains’ Nelson era Royal Navy.
Staged aboard His Majesty’s sixth-rate British Royal Navy frigate, HMS Surprise, the new exhibit transports visitors back in time 200 years to the wooden world of the fighting sailing ship. This interactive exhibit encourages visitors of all ages to learn what it was like to live as cabin boy, marine, sailor, midshipman, surgeon, and captain ...
