History | |
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Great Britain | |
Name | Echo |
Launched | 1758 as French corvette L'Echo from Nantes |
Completed | March 1759 |
Acquired | 29 May 1758 |
Commissioned | 5 January 1759 |
Decommissioned | 1764 |
In service | 1759–1764 |
Out of service | 1764–1770 |
Fate | Sold out of service, Chatham Dockyard, 5 June 1770 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | 24-gun sixth-rate |
Tons burthen | 539 54⁄94 bm |
Length |
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Beam | 32 ft 4.5 in (9.9 m) |
Depth of hold | 9 ft 11.5 in (3.0 m) |
Complement | 160 |
Armament | 24 × 9-pdrs |
HMS Echo was a 24-gun sixth-rate of the Royal Navy, in active service between 1758 and 1764, during the Seven Years' War.
Originally the French corvette L'Echo, she was captured by HMS Juno in 1758 and refitted as a privateer hunter. Stationed in the Caribbean, she captured a total of five enemy vessels over the following five years. She was declared surplus to Navy requirement at the end of the War in 1763, and was decommissioned at Chatham Dockyard. After six years at the Dockyard, she was sold out of service in 1770.