HMS Hind (1744)
HMS Hind was a 10-gun two-masted Hind-class sloop of the Royal Navy, designed by Joseph Allin and built by Philemon Perry at Blackwall on the Thames River , England and launched on 19 April 1744.
Hind 1744 | |
History | |
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Great Britain | |
Name: | HMS Hind |
Ordered: | 6 August 1743 |
Builder: | Philemon Perry, Blackwall, London |
Laid down: | 11 September 1743 |
Launched: | 19 April 1744 |
Completed: | 12 May 1744 at Woolwich Dockyard |
Commissioned: | April 1744 |
Fate: | Foundered off Louisbourg on 1 November 1747 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Hind-class sloop |
Tons burthen: | 272 57⁄94 (bm) |
Length: |
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Beam: | 26 ft 1.25 in (8.0 m) |
Depth of hold: | 12 ft 2 in (3.7 m) |
Sail plan: | Snow |
Armament: | 10 × 6-pounder guns |
She was lost, presumed to have foundered, off Louisbourg, Nova Scotia in September 1747.
References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- McLaughlan, Ian. The Sloop of War 1650-1763. Seaforth Publishing, 2014. ISBN 978-1-84832-187-8.
- Rif Winfield (2007). British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1714-1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.
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