HMS Vestal (1779)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Vestal.

History
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
NameHMS Vestal
Ordered18 March 1778
BuilderRobert & John Batson, Limehouse
Laid down1 May 1778
Launched24 December 1779
Completed25 February 1780 (at Deptford Dockyard)
CommissionedNovember 1779
Honours and
awards		Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Egypt"[1]
FateSold February 1816
General characteristics
Class and type28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate
Tons burthen601 35⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • 120 ft 6 in (36.73 m) (overall)
  • 99 ft 6 in (30.33 m) (keel)
Beam33 ft 8+1⁄2 in (10.3 m)
Depth of hold11 ft 0.5 in (3.366 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 Vestal was a 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy.

  1. ^ "No. 21077". The London Gazette. 15 March 1850. pp. 791–792.