History | |
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Great Britain | |
Name | HMS Solebay |
Ordered | 29 July 1710 |
Builder | Royal Dockyard, Portsmouth |
Launched | 21 August 1711 |
Commissioned | 1712 |
Reclassified |
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Fate | Sold 23 June 1748 |
General characteristics | |
Type | 24-gun sixth rate |
Tons burthen | 272+30⁄94 bm |
Length |
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Beam | 25 ft 2 in (7.7 m) for tonnage |
Depth of hold | 10 ft 8 in (3.3 m) |
Armament |
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HMS Solebay was a member of the Gibraltar Group of 24-gun sixth rates.[1] After commissioning she spent her career in Home waters, North America, and the West Indies on trade protection duties. She was converted to a bomb ketch with 3 mortars and six guns in 1726. She became a fireship in 1734 then converted back to a 24-gun sixth rate in 1735. Her final conversion was into a hospital ship to lie at Tower Wharf in 1742. She was sold in 1748.[2]