Class overview | |
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Operators | Royal Navy |
Preceded by | Cruizer (1752) class |
Built | 1755-1756 |
In commission | 1756-1778 |
Completed | 3 |
Lost | 1 |
General characteristics (common design) | |
Type | Sloop-of-war |
Tons burthen | 220 43⁄94 bm |
Length |
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Beam | 24 ft 4 in (7.4 m) |
Depth of hold | 10 ft 10 in (3.30 m) (vessels without platform in hold) |
Sail plan | Snow rig |
Complement | 100 |
Armament |
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The Bonetta class was a class of three sloops of wooden construction built for the Royal Navy between 1755 and 1756. All three were built by contract with commercial builders to a common design prepared by Thomas Slade, the Surveyor of the Navy.
All three were ordered on 9 July 1755, assigned names on 29 July 1755, and were built as two-masted snow-rigged vessels.