HMS Leith (1777)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Leith.
History
Great Britain
NameLeith
NamesakeLeith
Launched1744,[1] or 1746[2]
CommissionedNovember 1777
DecommissionedJuly 1782
FateLast listed 1783
General characteristics
Tons burthen333,[2] or 335[1] (bm)
Armament20 × 6-pounder guns[2]

HMS Leith, also known as HM hired armed ship Leith, was launched in 1744 or 1746 in the British "Plantations", more specifically, the colony of Maryland. From 1764 to 1777 she was a Greenlandman, that is a whaler, in the waters east of Greenland. Between 1777 and 1782 she served the Royal Navy as a transport and hired armed naval ship. She was last listed in 1783.

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