Lyme class frigate
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Lyme |
| Operators: |
 Royal Navy
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| In service: | 1749 - 1771 |
| Completed: | 2 |
| Lost: | 1 |
| Retired: | 1 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | 24-gun (later 28-gun) sixth-rate frigate |
| Tons burthen: | 581 50/94 bm |
| Length: |
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| Beam: | 33 ft 8 in (10.3 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 10 ft 2 in (3.10 m) |
| Sail plan: | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement: | 160 (raised to 180 on 22 September 1756, and to 200 on 11 November 1756) |
| Armament: |
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The Lyme class were a class of two 24-gun sixth-rate frigates of the Royal Navy. They served during the War of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years' War.
They were built to the draught of a French privateer named Le Tygre, which had been captured earlier in 1747. They were initially rated as 24-gun ships, in spite of having four 3-pdr guns mounted on the quarterdeck, as well as the twenty-four 9-pdr guns forming their primary battery on the upper deck. However, in 1756 they were re-classed as 28-gun ships. They are normally seen as the first true sailing frigates to be built for the Royal Navy.
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