HMS Greyhound (1773)

HMS Greyhound

History
Great Britain
Ordered:	25 December 1770
Builder:	Henry Adams, Bucklers Hard
Laid down:	February 1771
Launched:	20 July 1773
Completed:	9 January 1776 at Portsmouth Dockyard
Commissioned:	October 1775
Fate:	Wrecked off Deal 9 June 1781
General characteristics
Class and type:	Modified Mermaid-class frigate
Displacement:	617  83⁄94 (bm)
Length:	124 ft 2 in (37.85 m) (gundeck) 102 ft 8.875 in (31.31503 m) (keel)
Beam:	33 ft 7.5 in (10.249 m)
Sail plan:	Full-rigged ship
Complement:	200 officers and men
Armament:	28 guns comprising Upper deck: 24 × 9 pdr (4.1 kg) cannon Quarterdeck: 4 × 3 pdr (1.4 kg) cannon 12 swivels

HMS Greyhound was a modified Royal Navy Mermaid-class sixth-rate frigate. She was first commissioned in October 1775 under Captain Archibald Dickson.

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