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.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Hind.

Hind 1744
History
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:
  • 91 ft 6 in (27.9 m) (gundeck)
  • 75 ft 2.5 in (22.9 m) (keel)
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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