HMS Proserpine (1777)

The Proserpine Frigate Lost March 1799 off Neuwerk Island in the Elbe
John Thomas Serres
History
Great Britain
NameHMS Proserpine
Ordered14 May 1777
BuilderJohn Barnard, Harwich
Laid downJune 1776
Launched7 July 1777
Completed23 September 1777 (at Sheerness Dockyard)
Commissioned25 July 1777
FateWrecked 1 February 1799
General characteristics
Class & type28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate
Tons burthen595 37⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • 120 ft 6 in (36.73 m) (overall)
  • 99 ft 0 in (30.18 m) (keel)
Beam33 ft 7+1⁄2 in (10.2 m)
Depth of hold11 ft 0 in (3.35 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement200 officers and men
Armament
  • Upper deck: 24 × 9-pounder guns
  • QD: 4 × 6-pounder guns + 4 × 18-pounder carronades
  • Fc: 2 × 18-pounder carronades
  • Also:12 × swivel guns

HMS Proserpine was a 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1777 was wrecked in February 1799.

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