HMS Alarm (1758)
Alarm conducting a Spanish prize into Gibraltar | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Alarm |
| Builder | Barnard, Harwich |
| Launched | 19 September 1758 |
| Fate | Broken up September 1812 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Niger-class fifth-rate frigate |
| Tons burthen | 683 bm |
| Length | 125 ft (38 m) |
| Beam | 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Armament | |
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HMS Alarm was a 32-gun fifth-rate Niger-class frigate of the Royal Navy, and was the first Royal Navy ship to bear this name. She was built at King's Yard in Harwich by John Barnard.
Copper-sheathed in 1761, she was the first ship in the Royal Navy to have a fully copper-sheathed hull.