HMS Hind (1744)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Hind.
History
Great Britain
Name: HMS Hind
Ordered: 6 August 1743
Builder: Philemon Perry, Blackwall, London
Laid down: 11 September 1743
Launched: 19 April 1744
Completed: 12 May 1744 at Woolwich Dockyard
Commissioned: April 1744
Fate: Foundered off Louisbourg on 1 November 1747
General characteristics
Class and type: Hind-class sloop
Tons burthen: 272 5794 (bm)
Length:
  • 91 ft 6 in (27.9 m) (gundeck)
  • 75 ft 2.5 in (22.9 m) (keel)
Beam: 26 ft 1.25 in (8.0 m)
Depth of hold: 12 ft 2 in (3.7 m)
Sail plan: Snow
Armament: 10 × 6-pounder guns

HMS Hind was a 10-gun two-masted Hind-class sloop of the Royal Navy, designed by Joseph Allin and built by Philemon Perry at Blackwall on the Thames River , England and launched on 19 April 1744.

She was lost, presumed to have foundered, off Louisbourg, Nova Scotia in September 1747.

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