HMS Hind (1785)

Hind was built to the same design as HMS Carysfort, (pictured)
History
Great Britain
NameHind
Ordered2 October 1782
BuilderClayton & Willson, Sandgate, Kent
Laid downFebruary 1783
Launched22 July 1785
Completed24 November 1787 at Deptford Dockyard
CommissionedMay 1790
FateBroken up at Deptford in July 1811
General characteristics
Class & typeCoventry-class sixth-rate frigate
Tons burthen59079⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • 118 ft 5 in (36.1 m) (gundeck)
  • 97 ft 4 in (29.7 m) (keel)
Beam33 ft 10 in (10.31 m)
Depth of hold10 ft 6 in (3.20 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement200
Armament
  • (As built):
  • Upperdeck: 24 × 9-pounder guns
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 3-pounder guns & 4 × 18-pounder carronades
  • 12 × ½-pdr swivel guns

HMS Hind was a 28-gun sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy.

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