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HMS Emerald (1757)

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Frigate of the Royal Navy For other ships with the same name, see HMS Emerald.

History
France
NameL'Emeraude
Laid downFebruary 1744 at Le Havre
LaunchedAugust 1744
In service1744–1757
Captured1757
FateCaptured by Royal Navy, 21 September 1757
History
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
NameHMS Emerald
Completed8 July 1758 at Portsmouth Dockyard
Acquired21 September 1757
CommissionedApril 1758
In service1758–1761
FateBroken up, Portsmouth Dockyard, November 1761
General characteristics
Class and type28-gun frigate
Tons burthen571 26⁄94 bm
Length
  • 115 ft 4 in (35.2 m) (gundeck)
  • 93 ft 2 in (28.4 m) (keel)
Beam33 ft 11.5 in (10.4 m)
Depth of hold9 ft 4 in (2.8 m)
Complement180
Armament
  • 24 × 9-pdrs (gundeck)
  • 4 x 4-pdrs (forecastle and quarterdeck)

HMS Emerald was a 28-gun frigate of the Royal Navy which saw active service during the Seven Years' War.

Launched in 1744 as the French naval vessel L'Emeraude, she was captured by HMS Southampton on 21 September 1757 and brought into Portsmouth Dockyard where she was refitted from British service. She was renamed Emerald in December 1757 and commissioned into the Royal Navy in April 1758 under the command of Captain Thomas Cornwall.

Emerald was assigned to patrol and convoy duties in the British Leeward Islands from January 1759, securing three victories over French privateers in the following two years. In July 1760 command was transferred to Captain Charles Middleton, who remained with Emerald for the rest o her Caribbean service. The frigate returned to England in September 1761 and was decommissioned at Portsmouth Dockyard in October. She was declared surplus to Navy requirements on 7 October and broken up at Portsmouth Dockyard in November 1761.

References

  1. ^ Winfield 2007, p. 232

Bibliography

  • Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships of the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 9781844157006.
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