![]() Actaeon was built to the same design as HMS Carysfort, (pictured)
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Name | HMS Actaeon |
Ordered | 5 May 1757 |
Builder | Chatham Dockyard |
Laid down | 26 May 1757 |
Launched | 30 September 1757 |
Completed | 9 November 1757 |
Commissioned | September 1757 |
Fate | Sold to be taken to pieces at Deptford 9 September 1766 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | 28-gun Coventry-class sixth-rate frigate |
Tons burthen | 584 81⁄94 bm |
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Beam | 33 ft 7.5 in (10.2 m) |
Depth of hold | 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Complement | 200 |
Armament |
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HMS Actaeon was a 28-gun Coventry-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. Her crewing complement was 200 and, when fully equipped, she was armed with 24 nine-pounder cannons, supported by four three-pounders and twelve 1⁄2-pounder swivel guns.