HMS Solebay (1763)

Solebay
History
Great Britain
NameHMS Solebay
Ordered30 January 1762
BuilderThomas Airey & Co, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Laid down10 May 1762
Launched9 September 1763
Completed15 March 1764 at Sheerness Dockyard
CommissionedAugust 1763
FateWrecked off Nevis 25 January 1782
General characteristics
Class & typeMermaid-class frigate
Tons burthen619 4⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • 124 ft 0 in (37.80 m) (gundeck)
  • 102 ft 8.5 in (31.306 m) (keel)
Beam33 ft 8 in (10.26 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement200
Armament
  • 28 guns comprising
  • Upper deck: 24 × 9-pounder cannon
  • Quarterdeck 4 × 3-pounder cannon
  • 12 swivels.

HMS Solebay was a Mermaid-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy which saw active service between 1766 and 1782, during the latter part of the Seven Years' War and throughout the American Revolutionary War. After a successful career in which she captured seven enemy vessels, she was wrecked ashore on the Caribbean Island of Nevis.

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