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| Nationality | Great Britain |
| Nominal Guns | 28 |
| Approved | 1771/01/03 |
| Designer | John Williams (1700-?) |
| Rate | Sixth Rate |
| Type | Frigate |
| Designed Crew | 200 |
| Ships in Class | 27 |
| Design Armament | Broadside Weight = 117.00 Imperial Pound ( 53.06 kg) | BWAS-1714 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Gun Deck | 24 x British 9-Pounder | ||
| Upper Gun Deck | 12 x British 1/2-Pound Swivel | ||
| Quarterdeck | 4 x British 3-Pounder | ||
| Design Dimensions and Ship Information | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ordered | Shipyard | Launched | Out of service | Fate | Gundeck Length | Length of Keel | Breadth | Depth in hold | Burthen | |
| As Designed | 120' 6" | 99' 6" | 33' 6" | 11' 0" | 593 89⁄94 | |||||
| Fox (28) | 25.12.1770 | Northam | 2.9.1773 | 11.9.1778 | Captured | 120' 6" | 99' 6" | 33' 8" | 11' 0" | 599 83⁄94 |
| Siren (28) | 25.12.1770 | Chatham | 2.11.1773 | 6.11.1777 | Sunk in Action | 120' 10" | 99' 7 ½" | 33' 9" | 10' 9" | 603 40⁄94 |
| Surprise (28) | 1.1771 | Woolwich Dockyard | 13.4.1774 | 24.4.1783 | Sold | 120' 6" | 99' 6" | 33' 6" | 11' 0" | 593 89⁄94 |
| Enterprise (28) | 1.1771 | Deptford Dockyard | 24.8.1774 | 8.1807 | Broken Up | 120' 6" | 99' 6" | 33' 6" | 11' 0" | 593 89⁄94 |
| Actaeon (28) | 5.11.1771 | Woolwich Dockyard | 18.4.1775 | 29.6.1776 | Burnt to avoid capture | 120' 6 ½" | 99' 6" | 33' 6" | 11' 0 ¼" | 593 89⁄94 |
| Aurora (28) | 3.7.1779 | Blackwall | 7.6.1777 | 3.11.1814 | Sold | 120' 6" | 99' 4" | 33' 7" | 11' 0" | 595 86⁄94 |
| Proserpine (28) | 14.5.1776 | King's Yard | 7.7.1777 | 1.2.1799 | Wrecked | 120' 6" | 99' 0" | 33' 7 ½" | 11' 0" | 595 37⁄94 |
| Andromeda (28) | 14.5.1776 | East Cowes | 18.11.1777 | 11.10.1780 | Foundered | 120' 9" | 99' 7 ⅝" | 33' 7" | 11' 0" | 600 66⁄94 |
| Crescent (28) | 19.7.1777 | Bristol | 3.1778 | 19.6.1781 | Captured | 120' 8" | 99' 5" | 34' 0" | 11' 0" | 611 29⁄94 |
| Medea (28) | 14.5.1776 | Bristol | 28.4.1778 | 1805 | Sold | 120' 9 ½" | 99' 4" | 33' 10" | 11' 0 ½" | 604 77⁄94 |
| Resource (28) | 30.9.1777 | Rotherhithe | 10.8.1778 | 28.8.1816 | Sold | 120' 8" | 99' 7" | 33' 9" | 11' 0 ½" | 603 34⁄94 |
| Pomona (28) | 7.3.1777 | Southampton | 22.9.1778 | 8.1811 | Broken Up | 120' 6" | 99' 6" | 33' 6" | 11' 0" | 593 89⁄94 |
| Sibyl (28) | 24.7.1776 | Buckler's Hard | 2.1.1779 | 26.7.1798 | Wrecked | 120' 7" | 99' 7 ⅝" | 33' 7 ½" | 11' 0" | 599 20⁄94 |
| Pegasus (28) | 21.2.1778 | Deptford Dockyard | 1.6.1779 | 28.8.1816 | Sold | 120' 6" | 99' 6" | 33' 6" | 11' 0" | 593 89⁄94 |
| Brilliant (28) | 9.10.1776 | Buckler's Hard | 13.7.1779 | 11.1811 | Broken Up | 120' 6 ¼" | 99' 6" | 33' 8" | 11' 0" | 599 82⁄94 |
| Cyclops (28) | 6.3.1778 | Limehouse | 31.7.1779 | 1.9.1814 | Sold | 120' 6" | 99' 6" | 33' 9" | 11' 0" | 602 80⁄94 |
| Laurel (28) | 30.4.1778 | Southampton | 27.10.1779 | 11.10.1780 | Foundered | 120' 8 ½" | 99' 6 ¾" | 33' 8 ½" | 11' 0" | 601 70⁄94 |
| Mercury (28) | 22.1.1778 | Rotherhithe | 9.12.1779 | 1.1814 | Broken Up | 120' 9 ¾" | 99' 10 ½" | 33' 9" | 11' 0 ½" | 605 12⁄94 |
| Vestal (28) | 18.3.1778 | Limehouse | 24.12.1779 | 2.1816 | Sold | 120' 6" | 99' 6" | 33' 6" | 11' 0" | 593 89⁄94 |
| Nemesis (28) | 30.9.1777 | Liverpool | 23.1.1780 | 9.12.1795 | Captured | 120' 7" | 99' 6" | 33' 7 ½" | 11' 0" | 598 37⁄94 |
| Rose (28) | 15.3.1782 | Sandgate | 1.7.1783 | 28.6.1794 | Wrecked | 120' 5 ½" | 99' 5" | 33' 7 ¾" | 11' 0" | 598 55⁄94 |
| Thisbe (28) | 23.2.1782 | King's Boatbuilders | 25.11.1783 | 9.8.1815 | Sold | 120' 6" | 99' 5 ⅜" | 33' 7" | 11' 0" | 596 57⁄94 |
| Hussar (28) | 26.3.1782 | Sandgate | 1.9.1784 | 27.12.1796 | Wrecked | 120' 6" | 99' 0" | 33' 8" | 11' 0" | 596 79⁄94 |
| Dido (28) | 5.6.1782 | Sandgate | 27.11.1784 | 3.4.1817 | Sold | 120' 5" | 99' 3" | 33' 7" | 11' 0" | 595 39⁄94 |
| Lapwing (28) | 22.10.1782 | King's Boatbuilders | 21.9.1785 | 5.1828 | Broken Up | 120' 6" | 99' 4 ½" | 33' 8" | 11' 0 ½" | 597 82⁄94 |
| Circe (28) | 6.3.1782 | Dover | 30.9.1785 | 16.11.1803 | Wrecked | 120' 6 ⅛" | 99' 5" | 33' 7 ¾" | 11' 0" | 599 55⁄94 |
| Alligator (28) | 7.5.1782 | Sandgate | 18.4.1787 | 21.7.1814 | Sold | 120' 6" | 99' 5" | 33' 7 ½" | 11' 0" | 599 42⁄94 |