| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Porcupine-class post ships |
| Operators: | Royal Navy |
| Completed: | 10 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Sixth-rate post ship |
| Tons burthen: | 513 55/94 (as designed) |
| Length: | 114 ft 3 in (34.82 m) (gundeck) 94 ft 3.5 in (28.740 m) (keel) |
| Beam: | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
| Sail plan: | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement: | 160 |
| Armament: | UD: 22 × 9-pounder guns QD 2 × 6-pounder guns |
The Porcupine-class sailing sixth rates were a series of ten post ships built to a 1776 design by John Williams, which served in the Royal Navy during the American Revolutionary War, some surviving to see more service in the Napoleonic Wars. The 24-gun design was a development (and lengthening) of his 1773 design for the 20-gun Sphinx class. The first two were launched in 1777, three in 1778, three more in 1779, and the last two in 1781.
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