HMS Sheerness (1743)

History
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:	112 ft (34 m) (gundeck) 92 ft 11 in (28.32 m) (keel)
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:	24 guns Upper deck: 20 × 9-pounder guns c. 1745 added: Lower deck: 2 × 9-pounder guns Quarterdeck: 2 × 3-pounder guns

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.