&sq=&lang=&file=File:HMS_Alarm_(1758).jpg) HMS Alarm, a sister ship of HMS Winchelsea, in 1758
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| History | |
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| Name | Winchelsea |
| Ordered | 11 August 1761 |
| Builder | Sheerness Dockyard |
| Laid down | 29 March 1762 |
| Launched | 31 May 1764 |
| Commissioned | February 1769 |
| Honours and awards | Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Egypt"[1] |
| Fate | Sold to be broken up November 1814 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Niger-class fifth-rate frigate |
| Tons burthen | 679.7 bm |
| Length | 125 ft (38 m) |
| Beam | 35 ft 2 in (10.72 m) |
| Depth of hold | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 220 |
| Armament | |
HMS Winchelsea was a 32-gun fifth-rate Niger-class frigate of the Royal Navy, and was the sixth Royal Navy ship to bear this name (or its archaic form Winchelsey). She was ordered during the Seven Years' War, but completed too late for that conflict. She cost £11,515-18-0d to build.
- ^ "No. 21077". The London Gazette. 15 March 1850. pp. 791–792.