HMS Maidstone (1758)

Maidstone was built to the same design as HMS Carysfort, (pictured)
History
Great Britain
NameHMS Maidstone
NamesakeMaidstone, Kent
Ordered3 September 1756
BuilderThomas Seward, Rochester
Laid down1 October 1756
Launched9 February 1758
Completed7 April 1758 at Chatham Dockyard
CommissionedJanuary 1758
FateTaken to pieces at Sheerness July 1794
General characteristics
Class & type28-gun Coventry-class sixth-rate frigate
Tons burthen59314⁄94 bm
Length
  • Overall: 118 ft 4 in (36.1 m)
  • Keel: 97 ft 5 in (29.7 m)
Beam33 ft 10 in (10.3 m)
Depth of hold10 ft 6 in (3.2 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement200
Armament
  • Upperdeck: 24 × 9-pounder guns
  • QD: 4 × 3-pounder guns + 12 × ½-pdr swivel guns

HMS Maidstone was a 28-gun Coventry-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1758 and taken to pieces in 1794.

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