HMS Emerald (1795) 18 July. In November 1811, "Emerald" sailed to Portsmouth and was laid up in ordinary. Fitted out as a receiving ship in 1822, she was eventually broken up in January 1836. HMS Emerald (1795) HMS Emerald was a 36-gun frigate that Sir William Rule designed in 1794 for the Royal Navy. The Admiralty ordered her construction towards the end of May 1794 and work began the following month at Northfleet dockyard. She was completed on 12 October 1795 and joined Admiral John Jervis's fleet in the Mediterranean. In 1797, "Emerald" was one of several vessels sent to hunt down and
Emerald Buddha Emerald Buddha The Emerald Buddha ( , or ) is considered the palladium of the Kingdom of Thailand. It is a figurine of the meditating Buddha seated in yogic posture, made of a semi-precious green stone (jade or jasper rather than emerald), clothed in gold, and about tall. It is housed in the "Temple of the Emerald Buddha" (Wat Phra Kaew) on the grounds of the Grand Palace in Bangkok. Historical sources indicate that the statue surfaced in northern Thailand in the Lanna kingdom in 1434. One account of its discovery tells that lightning struck a chedi in Wat Pa