HMS Hind (1744)

Hind 1744
History
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
NameHMS Hind
Ordered6 August 1743
BuilderPhilemon Perry, Blackwall, London
Laid down11 September 1743
Launched19 April 1744
Completed12 May 1744 at Woolwich Dockyard
CommissionedApril 1744
FateFoundered off Louisbourg on 1 November 1747
General characteristics
Class and typeHind-class sloop
Tons burthen272 5794 (bm)
Length
  • 91 ft 6 in (27.9 m) (gundeck)
  • 75 ft 2.5 in (22.9 m) (keel)
Beam26 ft 1.25 in (8.0 m)
Depth of hold12 ft 2 in (3.7 m)
Sail planSnow
Armament10 × 6-pounder guns

HMS Hind was a 10-gun two-masted Hind-class sloop of the Royal Navy, designed by Joseph Allin and built by Philemon Perry at Blackwall on the Thames River, England and launched on 19 April 1744.

She was lost, presumed to have foundered, off Louisbourg, Nova Scotia in September 1747.