Historic ship · Hartlepool · County Durham

HMS Trincomalee

HMS Trincomalee is a 1817 Leda-class fifth-rate frigate. Its place is inside Hartlepool’s built-up area. It is managed by Royal Navy.

Photo: HMS Trincomalee, David Manley at English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

In Hartlepool

inside the built-up area

Run by

Royal Navy

the operator on record

How well known

Top 10%

#792 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–21°C

In brief

Historic ship in Hartlepool

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#792 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (9 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Hartlepool

HMS Trincomalee is inside Hartlepool’s built-up area, with 4 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Picking your season

From June to September, Hartlepool sees highs of 18–21°C.

Jan8° / 2°43 mm

Feb9° / 2°41 mm

Mar11° / 3°35 mm

Apr13° / 5°43 mm

May16° / 7°40 mm

Jun18° / 10°56 mm

Jul21° / 12°57 mm

Aug20° / 12°62 mm

Sep18° / 10°48 mm

Oct14° / 7°59 mm

Nov11° / 4°67 mm

Dec8° / 2°54 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Hartlepool, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Hartlepool. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Hartlepool’s full climate →

About

HMS Trincomalee

There are Wikipedia articles on it in 9 languages. Close by, PSS Wingfield Castle is 100 m away, one of 21 within 15 km.

Type: Historic ship
Run by: Royal Navy
Wikipedias: Covered in 9 languages
Town: in Hartlepool
Official site: hms-trincomalee.co.uk

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Around HMS Trincomalee, mapped

HMS Trincomalee sits at the orange dot; the numbered ones are listed below.

Towns near it

Towns within reach of HMS Trincomalee

Hartlepool, with 88,001 people, is the largest of the 8. These are the towns that list it, beginning with its own.

1 · It’s in town

Hartlepool

88,001 people · 8 places to visit

2 · 4.2 km northwest of it

Hart

811 people · 6 places to visit

3 · 5 km northwest of it

Blackhall Rocks

200 people · 3 places to visit

4 · 5.7 km south of it

Greatham

851 people · 2 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where HMS Trincomalee is	People	Places to visit
Hartlepool	It’s in town	88,001	8
Hart	4.2 km northwest of it	811	6
Blackhall Rocks	5 km northwest of it	200	3
Greatham	5.7 km south of it	851	2
Elwick	5.8 km west of it	494	0
Blackhall Colliery	8.1 km northwest of it	4,577	2
Wolviston	9.5 km southwest of it	840	2
Billingham	10 km southwest of it	33,917	8

Make a day of it

What else is near HMS Trincomalee

21 more lie within 15 km, 4 museums, 2 art galleries and a historic ship among them.

1Historic shipHistoric shipPSS Wingfield Castle100 m away 2

MuseumNational Museum of the Royal Navy, Hartlepool100 m away 3Art galleryArt galleryHartlepool Art Gallery500 m away 4

MuseumHeugh Battery Museum2.1 km away 5

Art galleryMiddlesbrough Institute of Modern Art13 km away 6

MuseumDorman Museum14 km away 7

MuseumTeessaurus Park12 km away 8PierPierRedcar Pier12 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Visiting HMS Trincomalee: the answers

Where is HMS Trincomalee?

HMS Trincomalee is in Hartlepool, County Durham, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is HMS Trincomalee?

1817 Leda-class fifth-rate frigate.

Who runs HMS Trincomalee?

Royal Navy.

When is the best time to visit HMS Trincomalee?

June to September are the warmest months in Hartlepool, with afternoon highs of 18–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near HMS Trincomalee?

Within 15 km: PSS Wingfield Castle (100 m), National Museum of the Royal Navy, Hartlepool (100 m), Hartlepool Art Gallery (500 m) and Heugh Battery Museum (2.1 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (6)

HMS Trincomalee: David Manley at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Museum of the Royal Navy, Hartlepool: James Hearton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Heugh Battery Museum: Andrew Curtis, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art: Francis Hannaway, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Dorman Museum: Geni, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Teessaurus Park: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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