HMS Coventry (1757)
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| Career (UK) |  |
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| Name: | HMS Coventry |
| Operator: | Royal Navy |
| Ordered: | 1756 |
| Builder: | Adams yard, Beaulieu. |
| Laid down: | May 1756 |
| Launched: | 30 May 1757 |
| Captured: | 1783 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Coventry class frigate |
| Tons burthen: | 587 bm |
| Length: | 118 ft 4 in (36.1 m) |
| Beam: | 33 ft 8 in (10.3 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 10 ft 6 in (3.2 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sail |
| Complement: | 200 |
| Armament: | UD: Twenty-four 9-pounder guns; QD: four 3-pounder guns FC: Nil. Also 12 Swivels |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Coventry.
HMS Coventry was a 28-gun, Frigate of the Royal Navy. The ship was designed by Sir Thomas Slade "to the draught of the Tartar with such alterations withinboard as may be judged necessary", making her a further development of the Lyme. A further eight ships were built to the draught of the Coventry between 1756 and 1758.
The ship was captured by the French in 1783.
[edit] References
- David Lyon, "The Sailing Navy List", Brasseys Publications, London 1993.
