HMS Surprise (1774)

Career (Great Britain)
Name: HMS Surprise
Ordered: January 1771
Builder: Woolwich Dockyard
Laid down: 5 September 1771
Launched: 13 April 1774
Completed: 15 April 1775
Commissioned: February 1775
Fate: Sold for breaking up, 24 April 1783
General characteristics
Class and type: 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate
Tons burthen: 593 89⁄94 (bm)
Length: 120 ft 6 in (36.73 m) (overall)
99 ft 6 in (30.33 m) (keel)
Beam: 33 ft 6 in (10.2 m)
Depth of hold: 11 ft 0 in (3.35 m)
Sail plan: Full-rigged ship
Complement: 200 officers and men
Armament:

28 guns comprising

HMS Surprise was a 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. The Surprise was first commissioned in February 1775 under the command of Captain Robert Linzee.

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