HMS Hussar (1763)
Hussar | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Hussar |
| Ordered | 30 January 1762 |
| Builder | Thomas Inwood, Rotherhithe, England |
| Laid down | 1 April 1762 |
| Launched | 26 August 1763 |
| Completed | 7 November 1763 at Deptford Dockyard |
| Commissioned | August 1763 |
| Fate | Ran aground in New York, 23 November 1780 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Mermaid-class frigate |
| Tons burthen | 627 64⁄94 (bm) |
| Length |
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| Beam | 33 ft 10+3⁄8 in (10.3 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 200 |
| Armament |
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HMS Hussar was a sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy, built in England in 1761–63. She was a 28-gun ship of the Mermaid class, designed by Sir Thomas Slade. She was wrecked at New York in 1780.
In early 2013, a cannon from Hussar was discovered stored in a building in New York's Central Park still loaded with gunpowder and shot.