HMS Minerva (1759)

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

Career (Great Britain)
Name:	HMS Minerva
Ordered:	25 May 1756
Builder:	John Quallet, Rotherhithe
Laid down:	1 June 1756
Launched:	17 January 1759
Completed:	3 March 1759 at Deptford Dockyard
Commissioned:	January 1759
Fate:	Sold to break up at Deptford, 30 December 1784
General characteristics
Class and type:	Southampton-class fifth-rate frigate
Tons burthen:	664 24⁄94 bm
Length:	124 ft 4 in (37.90 m) (gundeck) 102 ft 2.25 in (31.1468 m) (keel)
Beam:	34 ft 11.5 in (10.655 m)
Depth of hold:	12 ft 0 in (3.66 m)
Sail plan:	Full-rigged ship
Complement:	210 officers and men
Armament:	32 guns comprising Upperdeck: 26 × 12-pounder guns Quarterdeck: 4 × 6-pounder guns Forecastle: 2 × 6-pounder guns

HMS Minerva was one of the four 32-gun Southampton-class fifth-rate frigates of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1759 and served through the American Revolutionary War before being broken up in 1784.

References

Robert Gardiner, The First Frigates, Conway Maritime Press, London 1992. ISBN 0-85177-601-9.
David Lyon, The Sailing Navy List, Conway Maritime Press, London 1993. ISBN 0-85177-617-5.
Rif Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1714 to 1792, Seaforth Publishing, London 2007. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.

Southampton-class frigates

Southampton · Minerva · Vestal · Diana

Preceded by: None · Followed by: Richmond class See List of frigate classes of the Royal Navy