HMS Aquilon (1758)

Aquilon was built to the same design as HMS Carysfort, (pictured)
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Aquilon
Ordered	6 May 1757
Builder	Robert Inwood, Rotherhithe
Laid down	15 June 1757
Launched	24 May 1758
Completed	30 June 1758 at Deptford Dockyard
Commissioned	January 1758
In service	1758–1763 1765–1769
Fate	Sold at Deptford 29 November 1776
General characteristics
Class and type	28-gun Coventry-class sixth-rate frigate
Tons burthen	599 8⁄94 bm
Length	118 ft 7.5 in (36.2 m) (gundeck) 98 ft 3.25 in (30.0 m) (keel)
Beam	33 ft 10.25 in (10.3 m)
Depth of hold	10 ft 6 in (3.20 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	200
Armament	28 guns comprising: Upperdeck: 24 × 9-pounder guns Quarterdeck: 4 × 3-pounder guns 12 × 1⁄2-pounder swivel guns

HMS Aquilon was a 28-gun Coventry-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. Launched in 1758, she saw active service against the French during the Seven Years' War, capturing seven enemy vessels in the first eight months of 1761. She was declared surplus to Navy requirements and sold into private hands in 1776.