HMS Greyhound (1712)

History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Greyhound
Ordered	9 October 1711
Builder	Royal Dockyard, Woolwich
Launched	26 June 1712
Completed	15 July 1712
Commissioned	1712
Captured	5 September 1718 by Spain
Fate	Recaptured 16 September 1719 and burnt
General characteristics
Type	24-gun Sixth Rate
Tons burthen	275+91⁄94 bm
Length	94 ft 0 in (28.7 m) gundeck 76 ft 9 in (23.4 m) keel for tonnage
Beam	26 ft 0 in (7.9 m) for tonnage
Depth of hold	11 ft 6 in (3.5 m)
Sail plan	ship-rigged
Armament	20 × 6-pdr 19 cwt guns on wooden trucks (UD) 4 × 4-pdr 12 cwt guns on wooden trucks (QD)

HMS Greyhound was a member of the Gibraltar Group of 24-gun sixth rates.^[1] After commissioning she spent her career in Home waters and the Mediterranean on trade protection duties. She was captured by five Spanish warships off Morocco in 1718 then recaptured in 1719 and burnt.^[2]

Greyhound was the eighth named vessel since it was used for a 45-gun ship launched at Deptford in 1545, rebuilt 1558 and wrecked in 1563 off the Rye.^[3]