HMS Minerva (1780)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Minerva and HMS Pallas.

Drawing of the outline of the Minerva
History
RN EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Minerva
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered1778
BuilderWoolwich Dockyard
Laid down1778
Launched3 June 1780
Commissioned6 July 1780
Honours and
awards		Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Egypt"[1]
Fate
  • 1798 renamed Pallas, troopship
  • Broken up March 1803
General characteristics [2]
Class and typeMinerva-class frigate
Tons burthen940 (bm)
Length141 ft 0 in (42.98 m)
Beam38 ft 10 in (11.84 m)
Depth of hold13 ft 9 in (4.19 m)
PropulsionSail
Complement270 (raised to 280 on 25 April 1780)
Armament
  • Upper deck:28 × 18-pounder guns
  • QD:8 × 6-pounder guns
  • Fc: 2 × 6-pounder guns

HMS Minerva was a 38-gun fifth-rate Royal Navy frigate. The first of four Minerva-class frigates, she was launched on 3 June 1780, and commissioned soon thereafter. In 1798, she was renamed Pallas and employed as a troopship. She was broken up in 1803.

  1. ^ "No. 21077". The London Gazette. 15 March 1850. pp. 791–792.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Winfield was invoked but never defined (see the help page).