HMS Seahorse (1712)

History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Seahorse
Ordered	21 August 1711
Builder	Royal Dockyard, Portsmouth
Launched	13 February 1712
Commissioned	February 1712
Fate	Sold 28 July 1748
General characteristics
Type	24-gun Sixth Rate
Tons burthen	280+23⁄94 bm
Length	94 ft 0 in (28.7 m) gundeck 78 ft 0 in (23.8 m) keel for tonnage
Beam	26 ft 0 in (7.9 m) for tonnage
Depth of hold	11 ft 6 in (3.5 m)
Sail plan	ship-rigged
Armament	20 × 6-pdr 19 cwt guns on wooden trucks (UD) 4 × 4-pdr 12 cwt guns on wooden trucks (QD)
General characteristics as rebuilt 1727
Type	20-gun Sixth Rate
Tons burthen	374+45⁄94 bm
Length	106 ft 0 in (32.3 m) gundeck 87 ft 9 in (26.7 m) keel for tonnage
Beam	28 ft 4 in (8.6 m) for tonnage
Depth of hold	9 ft 2 in (2.8 m)
Sail plan	ship-rigged
Armament	20 × 6-pdr 19 cwt guns on wooden trucks (UD)

HMS Seahorse was a member of the Gibraltar Group of 24-gun sixth rates.^[1] After commissioning she spent her career in Home waters and North America on trade protection duties. She was rebuilt at Deptford between 1725 and 1727. After her rebuild she served in Home Waters, North America, West Indies and the Mediterranean on trade protection. She was sold in 1749.^[2]

Seahorse was the sixth vessel so named, the first being a ship captured 1625 and last mentioned in 1635.^[3]