HMS Minerva (1780)

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Career RN Ensign
Ordered: 1778
Laid down: 1778
Launched: 3 June 1780
Sailed: 6 July 1780
Fate: 1798 renamed Pallas, troopship; March 1803 BU
General Characteristics
tons Burthen: 940
Length: 141 feet
Beam: 38-10 feet (24.4 m)
Depth of Hold: 13-9 feet (8.2 m)
Propulsion: Sail
Speed:
Range:
Complement: 270–
Armament (as ordered): UD: Twenty Eight 18lb guns;
QD eight 6lb guns,
FC two 6lbguns

HMS Minerva was a 38-gun sailing frigate in the Royal Navy.

Minerva was built at Woolwich Dockyards, England, in 1780, launched on 3 June 1780, and commissioned soon thereafter.


[edit] References

  • Robert Gardiner, "The Heavy Frigate", Conway Maritime Press, London 1994.

[edit] See also

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Minerva.

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