&sq=&lang=&file=File:Carysfort_cropped.jpg) Maidstone was built to the same design as HMS Carysfort, (pictured)
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| History | |
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| Name | HMS Maidstone |
| Namesake | Maidstone, Kent |
| Ordered | 3 September 1756 |
| Builder | Thomas Seward, Rochester |
| Laid down | 1 October 1756 |
| Launched | 9 February 1758 |
| Completed | 7 April 1758 at Chatham Dockyard |
| Commissioned | January 1758 |
| Fate | Taken to pieces at Sheerness July 1794 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | 28-gun Coventry-class sixth-rate frigate |
| Tons burthen | 59314⁄94 bm |
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| Beam | 33 ft 10 in (10.3 m) |
| Depth of hold | 10 ft 6 in (3.2 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 200 |
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HMS Maidstone was a 28-gun Coventry-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1758 and taken to pieces in 1794.