HMS Actaeon (1775)

History
Great Britain
Name: HMS Actaeon
Ordered: 5 November 1771
Builder: Woolwich Dockyard
Laid down: October 1772
Launched: 18 April 1775
Completed: August 1775
Commissioned: 19 June 1775
Fate: Lost in action off Fort Sullivan, South Carolina, 29 June 1776
General characteristics
Class and type: 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate
Tons burthen: 593 ​89⁄94 (bm)
Length:
  • 120 ft 6.5 in (36.741 m) (overall)
  • 99 ft 6 in (30.33 m) (keel)
Beam: 33 ft 6 in (10.2 m)
Depth of hold: 11 ft 0.25 in (3.3592 m)
Sail plan: Full-rigged ship
Complement: 200 officers and men
Armament:

HMS Actaeon was a 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy.

History

The Actaeon was first commissioned in June 1775 under the command of Captain Christopher Atkins.

In August 1775, she was driven ashore at Lymington, Hampshire.[1] She was refloated on 31 August and taken in to Portsmouth, Hampshire for repairs.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "(untitled)". New Lloyd's List (672). 1 September 1775.
  2. ↑ "(untitled)". New Lloyd's List (673). 5 September 1775.
Sources
  • 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.
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