HMS Triton (1773)

HMS Triton was a modified Mermaid-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was first commissioned in August 1775 under Captain Skeffington Lutwidge.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Triton.
History
Great Britain
Name: HMS Triton
Ordered: 25 December 1770
Builder: Henry Adams, Bucklers Hard
Laid down: February 1771
Launched: 1 October 1773
Completed: 4 November 1775 at Portsmouth Dockyard
Commissioned: August 1775
Fate: Taken to pieces at Deptford in January 1796
General characteristics
Class and type: Modified Mermaid-class frigate
Displacement: 620 ​21⁄94 (bm)
Length:
  • 124 ft 1 in (37.82 m) (gundeck)
  • 103 ft 4.625 in (31.51188 m) (keel)
Beam: 33 ft 7 in (10.24 m)
Sail plan: Full-rigged ship
Complement: 200 officers and men
Armament:
  • 28 guns comprising
  • Upper deck: 24 × 9-pounder cannon
  • Quarterdeck 4 × 3-pounder cannon
  • 12 swivels.

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    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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