HMS Minorca (1779)

A plan body drawing of HMS Minorca dated 1778 from the collection of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London.
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Minorca
Ordered	October 1777
Laid down	February 1778
Launched	29 August 1779
Fate	Scuttled 1781
General characteristics [1]
Type	Xebec
Tons burthen	38840⁄94 (bm)
Length	Overall: 96 ft 9 in (29.5 m) Keel: 78 ft 6 in (23.9 m)
Beam	30 ft 6 in (9.3 m)
Depth of hold	10 ft 0 in (3.0 m)
Crew	130
Armament	Upper deck:18 × 6-pounder guns + 18 × ½-pounder swivel guns QD:2 × 6-pounder guns + 6 × 6-pounder carronades

HMS Minorca was a xebec-rigged vessel that the British Royal Navy had built at Port Mahon Dockyard, Menorca (historically called "Minorca" by the British) in 1779. She participated in one major engagement in 1780. The Navy scuttled her in 1781.