HMS Minerva (1759)

Minerva recaptures Warwick in 1761
History
Great Britain
NameHMS Minerva
Ordered25 May 1756
BuilderJohn Quallet, Rotherhithe
Laid down1 June 1756
Launched17 January 1759
Completed3 March 1759 at Deptford Dockyard
CommissionedJanuary 1759
FateCaptured by France, 22 August 1778
France
NameMinerve
Acquiredby capture, 22 August 1778
FateRecaptured by Great Britain, 4 January 1781
Great Britain
NameHMS Recovery
CommissionedJanuary 1781
Decommissioned1783
FateSold to break up at Deptford, 30 December 1784
General characteristics
Class and typeSouthampton-class fifth-rate frigate
Tons burthen664 2494 bm
Length
  • 124 ft 4 in (37.90 m) (gundeck)
  • 102 ft 2.25 in (31.1468 m) (keel)
Beam34 ft 11.5 in (10.655 m)
Depth of hold12 ft 0 in (3.66 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement210 officers and men
Armament
  • 32 guns comprising:
  • Upperdeck: 26 × 12-pounder guns
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 6-pounder guns
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6-pounder guns

HMS Minerva was one of the four 32-gun Southampton-class fifth-rate frigates of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1759 and served through the Seven Years' War, but was captured in 1778 during the American Revolutionary War and served as the French Minerve until being recaptured in 1781 and renamed HMS Recovery. She was broken up in 1784.