HMS Jamaica (1744)
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Jamaica.
| Career (Great Britain) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Jamaica |
| Ordered: | 18 August 1743 |
| Builder: | Deptford Dockyard |
| Laid down: | 15 September 1743 |
| Launched: | 17 July 1744 |
| Completed: | 28 August 1744 at Deptford Dockyard |
| Commissioned: | July 1744 |
| Fate: | Wrecked off Cuba on 27 January 1770 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Hind-class sloop |
| Tons burthen: | 272 89⁄94 (bm) |
| Length: | 91 ft 5 in (27.9 m) (gundeck) 75 ft 0.75 in (22.9 m) (keel) |
| Beam: | 26 ft 1.75 in (8.0 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 12 ft 0 in (3.7 m) |
| Sail plan: | Snow brig |
| Armament: | 10 × 6-pounder guns, later increased in 1749 to 14 x 6-pounder guns |
HMS Jamaica was a 10-gun (14-gun from 1749) two-masted Hind-class sloop of the Royal Navy, designed by Joseph Allin and built by him at Deptford Dockyard on the Thames River, England and launched on 17 July 1744. She and her sister Trial were the only sloops to be built in the Royal Dockyards between 1733 and 1748.
After more than 25 years service, she was wrecked off Cuba on 27 January 1770.
References
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- McLaughlan, Ian. The Sloop of War 1650-1763. Seaforth Publishing, 2014. ISBN 978-1-84832-187-8.
- Rif Winfield (2007). British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1714-1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.