HMS Hind (1744)

HMS Hind was a 10-gun two-masted Hind-class sloop of the Royal Navy, designed by Joseph Allin and built by Philemon Perry at Blackwall on the Thames River , England and launched on 19 April 1744.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Hind.

Hind 1744
History
Great Britain
Name:	HMS Hind
Ordered:	6 August 1743
Builder:	Philemon Perry, Blackwall, London
Laid down:	11 September 1743
Launched:	19 April 1744
Completed:	12 May 1744 at Woolwich Dockyard
Commissioned:	April 1744
Fate:	Foundered off Louisbourg on 1 November 1747
General characteristics
Class and type:	Hind-class sloop
Tons burthen:	272 ​^57⁄94 (bm)
Length:	91 ft 6 in (27.9 m) (gundeck) 75 ft 2.5 in (22.9 m) (keel)
Beam:	26 ft 1.25 in (8.0 m)
Depth of hold:	12 ft 2 in (3.7 m)
Sail plan:	Snow
Armament:	10 × 6-pounder guns

She was lost, presumed to have foundered, off Louisbourg, Nova Scotia in September 1747.

References

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• McLaughlan, Ian. The Sloop of War 1650-1763. Seaforth Publishing, 2014. ISBN 978-1-84832-187-8.
• Rif Winfield (2007). British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1714-1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.