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A second batch of fifteen ships were ordered in 1776 to 1778 to meet the exigencies of the North American situation, and a final group of seven ships followed in 1782 to 1783 with only some minor modifications to include side gangways running flush with the quarterdeck and forecastle, and with solid
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Fate: Grounded off Fort Sullivan, South Carolina and burnt to avoid capture on 29 June 1776.
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Fate: Grounded and abandoned under fire off Point Judith, Connecticut on 6 November 1777.
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Fate: Lost with all hands in a hurricane off Martinique on 11 October 1780.
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Fate: Wrecked in a hurricane off Martinique on 11 October 1780.
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Fate: Sold for breaking up at Plymouth Dockyard on 9 June 1814.
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Fate: Sold at Deptford Dockyard to break up on 28 August 1816.
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on 17 April 1806. Sold at Deptford Dockyard on 28 August 1816.
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Fate: Taken to pieces at Portsmouth Dockyard in November 1811.
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Fate: Taken to pieces at Portsmouth Dockyard in August 1811.
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Fate: Captured by the French off Brest on 11 September 1778.
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Fate: Taken to pieces at Woolwich Dockyard in January 1814.
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Fate: Taken to pieces at Deptford Dockyard in August 1807.
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Completed: 12 February 1776 at Portsmouth Royal Dockyard.
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Fate: Taken to pieces at Plymouth Dockyard in May 1828.
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Fate: Sold at Portsmouth Dockyard on 1 September 1814.
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Fate: Wrecked off Great Yarmouth on 17 November 1803.
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Fate: Wrecked in the Elbe Estuary on 1 February 1799.
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Completed: 5 October 1775 at Chatham Royal Dockyard.
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Completed: 17 December 1778 at Portsmouth Dockyard.
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Completed: 4 September 1779 at Portsmouth Dockyard.
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Completed: 23 September 1777 at Sheerness Dockyard.
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Fate: Sold at Portsmouth Dockyard on 3 April 1817.
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Completed: 26 September 1779 at Deptford Dockyard.
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Built by: John Randall & Company, Rotherhithe.
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Built by: Jolly, Leathers & Barton, Liverpool.
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Completed: 28 January 1778 at Portsmouth Dockyard.
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Completed: 15 September 1778 at Plymouth Dockyard.
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Sold 1805. 43:but its sources remain unclear because it lacks 937:Completed: November 1787 at Deptford Dockyard. 856:Completed: 19 April 1784 at Deptford Dockyard. 786:Built by: Robert & John Batson, Limehouse. 759:Built by: James Menetone & Son, Limehouse. 517:Completed: 9 August 1777 at Woolwich Dockyard. 508:Built by: John Perry & Company, Blackwall. 967:Fate: Sold at Plymouth Dockyard 21 July 1814. 964:Completed: 18 July 1790 at Deptford Dockyard. 901:Built by: Joshua Stewart & Hall, Sandgate. 656:Completed: 22 June 1780 at Plymouth Dockyard. 632:Fate: Captured by the French on 19 June 1781. 629:Completed: 30 June 1779 at Plymouth Dockyard. 547:Fate: Wrecked off Madagascar on 26 July 1798. 281:Built by: John Henniker and Company, Chatham. 1071: 1018:Completed: 19 May 1791 at Woolwich Dockyard. 982:Built by: Joshua Stuart & Hall, Sandgate. 940:Fate: Wrecked off Brittany 27 December 1796 913:Fate: Wrecked off Jamaica on 28 June 1794. 859:Fate: Sold to be broken up, 9 August 1815. 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Dockyard. 218:FC: 2 × 18-pounder carronades 1015:Launched: 21 September 1785 880:Launched: 30 September 1785 874:Built by: Henry Ladd, Dover. 595:Launched: 22 September 1778 365:Keel laid: 9 September 1771 338:Keel laid: 5 September 1771 7: 988:Launched: 27 November 1784 934:Launched: 1 September 1784 853:Launched: 25 November 1783 792:Launched: 24 December 1779 538:Keel laid: 10 December 1776 487:Launched: 18 November 1777 314:Launched: 2 September 1773 251:Falklands Islands emergency 10: 1379: 985:Keel laid: September 1782 850:Keel laid: September 1782 819:Launched: 27 October 1779 711:Launched: 9 December 1779 671:Ordered: 30 September 1777 653:Launched: 23 January 1780 644:Ordered: 30 September 1777 287:Launched: 2 November 1773 1327: 1304: 1244: 1128: 1082: 1012:Keel laid: February 1783 958:Keel laid: December 1782 877:Keel laid: December 1782 844:Ordered: 23 February 1782 741:Completed: 20 July 1779. 729:Ordered: 21 February 1778 680:Launched: 10 August 1778 623:Keel laid: 19 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Full-rigged ship
frigates
sixth-rate
Royal Navy
John Williams
Falklands Islands emergency
Siren
Fox
Surprise
Enterprise
Actaeon
Proserpine
Medea
Hillhouse
Andromeda
Aurora
Sibyl
Brilliant
Pomona
Crescent
Hillhouse
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