| Career (UK) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Jupiter |
| Ordered: | 21 June & 1 July 1776 |
| Builder: | John Randall & Co, Rotherhithe |
| Laid down: | July 1776 |
| Launched: | 13 May 1778 |
| Completed: | By 26 July 1778 |
| Fate: | Wrecked on 10 December 1808 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | 50-gun Portland-class fourth rate |
| Tons burthen: | 1,061 30/94 bm |
| Length: | 146 ft 1.5 in (44.5 m) (overall) 119 ft 8 in (36.5 m) (keel) |
| Beam: | 40 ft 10 in (12.4 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 17 ft 6 in (5.33 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Complement: | 350 |
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HMS Jupiter was a 50-gun Portland-class fourth rate ship of the Royal Navy. She served during the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary Wars, and the Napoleonic Wars in a career that spanned thirty years.
Built in Rotherhithe, she was launched in 1778. She fought at the battle of Porto Praya in 1781 and the Battle of Muizenberg in 1795, winning the battle honour 'Cape of Good Hope' for the latter. She was wrecked on 10 December 1808 in Vigo Bay, but all her crew were saved.