HMS Rose (1757)

The Phoenix and the Rose engaged by the enemy's fire ships and galleys on 16 August 1776. Engraving by Dominic Serres after a sketch by Sir James Wallace
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Rose
Ordered	13 April 1756
Builder	Hugh Blaydes, Hull, England
Laid down	5 June 1756
Launched	8 March 1757
Fate	Scuttled as blockship on 19 September 1779 in Savannah, Georgia.
General characteristics
Class and type	20-gun Seaford-class sixth-rate post ship
Tons burthen	44952⁄94 bm
Length	108 ft 11.5 in (33.2 m) (gundeck) 90 ft 10.25 in (27.7 m) (keel)
Beam	30 ft 6 in (9.3 m)
Draught	9 ft 7 in (2.9 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	160
Armament	20 × 9-pounder guns

HMS Rose was a 20-gun Seaford-class post ship of the Royal Navy,^[1] built at Blaydes Yard in Hull, England in 1757 and in service until 1779. Her activities in suppressing smuggling in the colony of Rhode Island provoked the formation of what became the Continental Navy, precursor of the modern United States Navy. She was based at the North American station in the West Indies and then used in the American Revolutionary War. A replica was built in 1970, then modified to match HMS Surprise, and used in two films, Master and Commander: Far Side of the World and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.