HMS Greyhound (1773)

HMS Greyhound
History
Great Britain
Ordered: 25 December 1770
Builder: Henry Adams, Bucklers Hard
Laid down: February 1771
Launched: 20 July 1773
Completed: 9 January 1776 at Portsmouth Dockyard
Commissioned: October 1775
Fate: Wrecked off Deal 9 June 1781
General characteristics
Class and type: Modified Mermaid-class frigate
Displacement: 617 ​83⁄94 (bm)
Length:
  • 124 ft 2 in (37.85 m) (gundeck)
  • 102 ft 8.875 in (31.31503 m) (keel)
Beam: 33 ft 7.5 in (10.249 m)
Sail plan: Full-rigged ship
Complement: 200 officers and men
Armament:
  • 28 guns comprising
  • Upper deck: 24 × 9 pdr (4.1 kg) cannon
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 3 pdr (1.4 kg) cannon
  • 12 swivels

HMS Greyhound was a modified Royal Navy Mermaid-class sixth-rate frigate. She was first commissioned in October 1775 under Captain Archibald Dickson.

Notes

    References

      • Gardiner, Robert (1992). The First Frigates. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-601-9.
      • Lyon, David (1993). The Sailing Navy List. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-617-5.
      • Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1714 to 1792. London: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.
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