When the plans for her construction were originally drawn up they were sent to India on board HMS "". En route she was sunk by the USS Constitution thereby delaying her building by several years. It is ironic therefore, that the USS Constitution and HMS Trincomalee are the only two surviving vessels of that era still afloat.

She was recommissioned as a Royal Navy ship during WW II for the training of seamen.

There are about 90 pictures in the following pages, so I have put them in as thumbprints. Click on each picture to see it full size. I will add captions in due course.

Numbers in the descriptions indicate the place on the general plan (below) on this introduction page.

NOTE: the ship currently does not have all of its' masts and spars completed, as it will have to be alongside the harbour wall to load more stone ballast. If the spars were fitted now she would be unstable. This will be done early in 2003.