HMS Port Mahon (1711)

History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Port Mahon
Ordered	24 January 1711
Builder	Royal Dockyard, Deptford
Launched	18 October 1711
Commissioned	1712
Fate	Broken at Plymouth in May 1740
General characteristics
Type	24-gun Sixth Rate
Tons burthen	280+23⁄94 bm
Length	94 ft 0 in (28.7 m) gundeck; 76 ft 9 in (23.4 m) keel for tonnage;
Beam	26 ft 0 in (7.9 m) for tonnage
Depth of hold	11 ft 7 in (3.5 m)
Armament	20 × 6-pdr 19 cwt guns on wooden trucks (UD); 4 × 4-pdr 12 cwt guns on wooden trucks (QD);

HMS Port Mahon was a member of the Gibraltar Group of 24-gun sixth rates. After commissioning she spent her career in home waters and North America on trade protection duties. She was broken up at Plymouth in May 1740.

Port Mahon was the first vessel of that name in the Royal Navy.

History

Great Britain
Name	HMS Port Mahon
Ordered	24 January 1711
Builder	Royal Dockyard, Deptford
Launched	18 October 1711
Commissioned	1712
Fate	Broken at Plymouth in May 1740
General characteristics
Type	24-gun Sixth Rate
Tons burthen	280+23⁄94 bm
Length	94 ft 0 in (28.7 m) gundeck 76 ft 9 in (23.4 m) keel for tonnage
Beam	26 ft 0 in (7.9 m) for tonnage
Depth of hold	11 ft 7 in (3.5 m)
Armament	20 × 6-pdr 19 cwt guns on wooden trucks (UD) 4 × 4-pdr 12 cwt guns on wooden trucks (QD)