HMS Aquilon (1758)

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

History

Great Britain
Name:	HMS Aquilon
Ordered:	6 May 1757
Builder:	Robert Inwood, Rotherhithe
Laid down:	15 June 1757
Launched:	24 May 1758
Completed:	30 June 1758 at Deptford Dockyard
Commissioned:	January 1758
Fate:	Sold to be taken to pieces at Deptford 29 November 1776
General characteristics
Class & type:	28-gun Coventry-class sixth-rate frigate
Tons burthen:	599 ⁸⁄₉₄ bm
Length:	118 ft 7.5 in (36.2 m) (gundeck) 98 ft 3.25 in (30.0 m) (keel)
Beam:	33 ft 10.25 in (10.3 m)
Depth of hold:	10 ft 6 in (3.20 m)
Sail plan:	Full-rigged ship
Complement:	200 officers and men
Armament:	28 guns comprising: Upperdeck: 24 × 9-pounder guns Quarterdeck: 4 × 3-pounder guns 12 × ¹⁄₂-pounder swivel guns

HMS Aquilon was a 28-gun Coventry-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy.

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.

Coventry-class frigates

Batch 1	Coventry Lizard Liverpool Maidstone

Batch 2	Boreas Hussar Shannon Trent Actaeon

Batch 3	Active Aquilon Cerberus Griffin Levant Argo Milford Guadeloupe Carysfort

Batch 4	Hind Laurel (cancelled)

Preceded by: Lowestoffe class Followed by: Mermaid class List of frigate classes of the Royal Navy

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