HMS Juno (1757)

HMS Juno
History
Great Britain
Name: HMS Juno
Ordered: 1 June 1756
Builder: William Alexander, Rotherhithe
Laid down: June 1756
Launched: 29 September 1757
Completed: 6 November 1757 at Deptford Dockyard
Commissioned: September 1757
Fate: Burnt to avoid capture and scuttled off Rhode Island, 5 August 1778
General characteristics
Class and type: Richmond-class fifth-rate frigate
Tons burthen: 667 ​67⁄94 bm
Length:
  • 127 ft 10 in (38.96 m) (gundeck)
  • 107 ft 0.125 in (32.61678 m) (keel)
Beam: 34 ft 3 in (10.44 m)
Depth of hold: 11 ft 10 in (3.61 m)
Sail plan: Full-rigged ship
Complement: 210 officers and men
Armament:
  • 32 guns comprising
  • Upperdeck: 26 × 12-pounder guns
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 6-pounder guns
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6-pounder guns

HMS Juno was a 32-gun Richmond-class fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1757 and served throughout the American Revolutionary War until scuttled in 1778 to avoid capture.

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.
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