HMS Actaeon (1775)

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

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Actaeon.
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:
  • 28 guns comprising
  • Upper deck: 24 × 9-pounder guns
  • Quarter deck: 4 × 6-pounder guns
  • Forecastle: nil
  • 12 × swivel guns

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]

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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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