Lyme-class frigate
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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.
Ships in class
- HMS Lyme
- Ordered: 29 April 1747
- Builder: Deptford Royal Dockyard
- Laid Down: 24 September 1747
- Launched: 10 December 1748
- Completed: 8 February 1749
- Fate: Wrecked off the Baltic coast of Sweden on 18 October 1760.
- HMS Unicorn
- Ordered: 29 April 1747
- Builder: Plymouth Royal Dockyard
- Laid down: 3 July 1747
- Launched: 7 December 1748
- Completed: 17 July 1749
- Fate: Broken up at Sheerness Dockyard in December 1771
References
- David Lyon, "The Sailing Navy List", Brasseys Publications, London 1993.
- Rif Winfield, "British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1714 to 1792", Seaforth Publishing, London 2007. Template:ISBN