Solebay
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History | |
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Great Britain | |
Name | HMS Solebay |
Ordered | 30 January 1762 |
Builder | Thomas Airey & Co, Newcastle-upon-Tyne |
Laid down | 10 May 1762 |
Launched | 9 September 1763 |
Completed | 15 March 1764 at Sheerness Dockyard |
Commissioned | August 1763 |
Fate | Wrecked off Nevis 25 January 1782 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Mermaid-class frigate |
Tons burthen | 619 4⁄94 (bm) |
Length |
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Beam | 33 ft 8 in (10.26 m) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Complement | 200 |
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HMS Solebay was a Mermaid-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy which saw active service between 1766 and 1782, during the latter part of the Seven Years' War and throughout the American Revolutionary War. After a successful career in which she captured seven enemy vessels, she was wrecked ashore on the Caribbean Island of Nevis.