HMS Niger (1759)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Niger and HMS Negro.

HMS Niger hull plan
History
Great Britain
NameHMS Niger
NamesakeNiger River
Ordered19 September 1757
BuilderSheerness Dockyard
Laid down7 February 1758
Launched25 September 1759
CompletedBy November 1759
RenamedHMS Negro in 1813
Honours and
awards		Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Egypt"[1]
FateSold for breaking up on 29 September 1814
General characteristics
Class and typeNiger-class fifth rate frigate
Tons burthen67967⁄94 bm
Length
  • 125 ft (38 m) (gundeck)
  • 103 ft 4 in (31.50 m) (keel)
Beam35 ft 2 in (10.72 m)
Depth of hold12 ft (3.7 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement220
Armament
  • As built
    • Upper gundeck: 26 × 12-pounder guns
    • QD: 4 × 6-pounder guns
    • Fc: 2 × 6-pounder guns
    • 12 × 1⁄2-pdr swivels
  • After 1794
    • Upper gundeck: 26 × 12-pounder guns
    • QD: 4 × 6-pounder guns + 4 × 24-pounder carronades
    • Fc: 2 × 6-pounder guns + 2 × 24-pounder carronades

HMS Niger was a 32-gun Niger-class fifth rate frigate of the Royal Navy.

  1. ^ "No. 21077". The London Gazette. 15 March 1850. pp. 791–792.