HMS Solebay (1763)

Solebay
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Solebay
Ordered	30 January 1762
Builder	Thomas Airey & Co, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Laid down	10 May 1762
Launched	9 September 1763
Completed	15 March 1764 at Sheerness Dockyard
Commissioned	August 1763
Fate	Wrecked off Nevis 25 January 1782
General characteristics
Class and type	Mermaid-class frigate
Tons burthen	619 4⁄94 (bm)
Length	124 ft 0 in (37.80 m) (gundeck) 102 ft 8.5 in (31.306 m) (keel)
Beam	33 ft 8 in (10.26 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	200
Armament	28 guns comprising Upper deck: 24 × 9-pounder cannon Quarterdeck 4 × 3-pounder cannon 12 swivels.

HMS Solebay was a Mermaid-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy which saw active service between 1766 and 1782, during the latter part of the Seven Years' War and throughout the American Revolutionary War. After a successful career in which she captured seven enemy vessels, she was wrecked ashore on the Caribbean Island of Nevis.