HMS Aurora (1766)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Aurora.

HMS Alarm, a sister ship of HMS Aurora, in 1758

HMS Aurora was a 32-gun fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy.[1][2] The ship was built in Chatham Dockyard and launched on 13 January 1766.[3] She was later purchased and transferred to the East India Company in 1768.[1]

John Monkton was recorded as serving on her prior to September 1769 but was transferred to another ship before her final voyage.[4]

  1. ^ a b van den Boogaerde, Pierre (2011), Shipwrecks of Madagascar, Strategic Book Publishing, pp. 96–97, ISBN 9781612043395
  2. ^ "HMS Aurora (+1770)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  3. ^ Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. p. 371. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.
  4. ^ The Gentleman's Magazine, p. 558–559