Amazon-class frigate (1773)
The Amazon-class frigates of 1773, made up of 32-gun fifth rates with a main battery of 12-pounder guns.
Ambuscade fighting Bayonnaise, by Jean-François Hue | |
Class overview | |
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Builders: |
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Operators: | United Kingdom, France |
Built: | 1773-1787 |
In commission: | 1773-1830 |
Completed: | 18 |
General characteristics | |
Type: | 32-gun fifth-rate frigate |
Tons burthen: | 68929⁄94 (bm) |
Length: |
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Beam: | 35 ft 2 1⁄4 in (10.7 m) |
Draught: | 8 ft (2.4 m) |
Depth of hold: | 12 ft 1 1⁄2 in (3.7 m) |
Sail plan: | Full-rigged ship |
Complement: | 220 |
Armament: |
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The class comprised eighteen ships; Amazon, Ambuscade and Thetis were launched in 1773; the second batch - Cleopatra, Amphion, Orpheus, Juno, Success, Iphigenia, Andromache, Syren, Iris, Greyhound, Meleager, Castor, Solebay, Terpsichore and Blonde - were launched in 1779 to 1787
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