Lyme class frigate

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The two Sixth Rate ships of the “Lyme Class” were built to the draught of a French privateer named Tyger. They were initially rated as 24-gun ships, in spite of having four 3pdr guns mounted on the quarterdeck, as well as the twenty-four 9pdr guns forming their primary battery on the upper deck. However in 1756 they were re-classed as 28-gun ships. They are normally seen as the first true sailing frigates to be built for the Royal Navy.

[edit] Ships in class

• HMS Lyme
  • Ordered: 1747
  • Laid Down at: Deptford Dockyard
  • Launched: 10 December 1748
  • Fate: Wrecked 1760
• HMS Unicorn
  • Ordered: 1747
  • Laid Down at: Plymouth Dockyard
  • Launched: 7 December 1748
  • Fate: Broken up 1771

[edit] References

David Lyon, "The Sailing Navy List", Brasseys Publications, London 1993.

Rif Winfield, "British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1714 to 1792", Chatham Publishing, London 2007.