HMS Sheerness (1743)
History | |
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Great Britain | |
Name: | HMS Sheerness |
Ordered: | 7 January 1743 |
Builder: | John Buxton, Snr, Rotherhithe |
Laid down: | 24 January 1743 |
Launched: | 8 October 1743 |
Completed: | By 19 November 1743 |
Fate: | Sold on 26 July 1768 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | 24-gun sixth rate frigate |
Tons burthen: | 508 69⁄94 bm |
Length: | |
Beam: | 32 ft 1 in (9.78 m) |
Depth of hold: | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
Complement: | 140 (160 from 1745) |
Armament: |
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HMS Sheerness was a 24-gun sixth rate frigate of the Royal Navy launched in 1743. She captured the Jacobite Le Prince Charles (formerly HMS Hazard) on 26 March 1746 in the Kyle of Tongue. She later captured the French Auguste off Spain on 18 August 1756.
She was sold in 1768.
References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
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