HMS Sibyl (1779)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Sibyl and HMS Garland.

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History
Royal Navy Ensign (1707-1801)Great Britain
NameHMS Sibyl
Ordered24 July 1776
BuilderHenry Adams, Bucklers Hard
Laid down10 December 1776
Launched2 January 1779
Completed13 March 1779 (at Portsmouth Dockyard)
CommissionedOctober 1778
RenamedHMS Garland 1795
FateWrecked 26 July 1798
General characteristics
Class and type28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate
Tons burthen599 20⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • 120 ft 7 in (36.75 m) (overall)
  • 99 ft 7+5⁄8 in (30.369 m) (keel)
Beam33 ft 7+1⁄2 in (10.2 m)
Depth of hold11 ft 0 in (3.35 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement200 officers and men
Armament
  • Upper deck: 24 × 9-pounder guns
  • QD: 4 × 6-pounder guns + 4 × 18-pounder carronades
  • Fc: 2 × 18-pounder carronades
  • 12 × swivel guns

HMS Sibyl was a 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. Sibyl was renamed HMS Garland in 1795.