HMS Unicorn

HMS Unicorn is a surviving sailing frigate of the successful Leda class, although the original design had been modified by the time that the Unicorn was built, to incorporate a circular stern and "small-timber" system of construction.
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  • Museum
  • …is operated by Unicorn Preservation Society
  • …dates from 1824
  • Opening hours:
    Tuesday–Sunday: 10:00 AM–4:00 PM
    December 23–January 3: closed
  • Description: 1824 Leda-class fifth-rate frigate
  • Address: Victoria Dock, Dundee, DD1 3BP

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include North Carr Lightship and RRS Discovery.
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North Carr is the last remaining lightship. is situated 660 feet southwest of HMS Unicorn.
is a barque-rigged auxiliary steamship… is situated 2,500 feet southwest of HMS Unicorn.
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V&A Dundee is a design museum in , Scotland, which opened on 15 September 2018. is situated 2,300 feet southwest of HMS Unicorn.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dundee city centre and Dundee.
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Until the Industrial Revolution, the current City…
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is an industrial city and port, historically part of county in northeast Scotland.
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, locally known as Stobie, is a predominantly…

HMS Unicorn

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Latitude
56.46159° or 56° 27′ 42″ north
Longitude
-2.95854° or 2° 57′ 31″ west
Open location code
9C8VF26R+JH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 43210548
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ship
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q489413

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Spanish—“HMS Unicorn” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “獨角獸號巡防艦”
  • Dutch: “HMS Unicorn”
  • Finnish: “HMS Unicorn”
  • French: “HMS Unicorn”
  • German: “HMS Unicorn”
  • German: “Unicorn”
  • Irish: “HMS Unicorn”
  • Japanese: “HMS ユニコーン”
  • Persian: “اچ‌ام‌اس یونیکورن (۱۸۲۴)”
  • Persian: “اچ‌ام‌اس یونیکورن”
  • Polish: “HMS Unicorn”
  • Russian: “HMS Unicorn (1824)”
  • Russian: “HMS Unicorn”
  • Spanish: “HMS Unicorn”

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