HMS Shannon (1757)

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

History

Great Britain
Name:	HMS Shannon
Ordered:	18 April 1757
Builder:	Deptford Dockyard
Laid down:	11 May 1757
Launched:	17 August 1757
Completed:	8 October 1757
Commissioned:	August 1757
Fate:	Taken to pieces at Portsmouth December 1765
General characteristics
Class & type:	28-gun Coventry-class sixth-rate frigate
Tons burthen:	587 ⁵³⁄₉₄ bm
Length:	118 ft 6 in (36.1 m) (gundeck) 97 ft 5.5 in (29.7 m) (keel)
Beam:	33 ft 8 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 × ½-pdr swivel guns

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

Construction

The Shannon was one of five frigates of the class built of fir rather than oak. Fir was cheaper and more abundant than oak and permitted noticeably faster construction, but at a cost of a reduced lifespan; the four fir-built Coventry-class vessels that did not get captured lasted an average of only nine years before being struck off.

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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