HMS Hind (1749)

History
Great Britain
NameHMS Hind
Ordered26 September 1747
BuilderChitty & Vernon, Chichester
Laid downOctober 1747
Launched29 November 1749
Completed25 December 1749 to 20 August 1752 at Portsmouth Dockyard
CommissionedJuly 1752
DecommissionedNovember 1783
FateSold 8 January 1784
General characteristics
Class & typeSixth-rate frigate
Tons burthen510 34⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • 112 ft 10 in (34.39 m) (gundeck)
  • 91 ft 10.75 in (28.0099 m) (keel)
Beam32 ft 3.75 in (9.8489 m)
Depth of hold11 ft 0 in (3.35 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement160 officers and men
Armament
  • Lower deck: 2 × 9-pounder guns (aft)
  • Upper deck: 20 × 9-pounder guns
  • Quarterdeck: 2 × 3-pounder guns
  • 12 × swivel guns

HMS Hind was a 24-gun sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy.

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