HMS Maidstone (1758)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Maidstone.
HMS Maidstone was a 28-gun Coventry-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1758 and taken to pieces in 1794.
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Maidstone was built to the same design as HMS Carysfort, (pictured) | |
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Great Britain | |
Name | HMS Maidstone |
Namesake | Maidstone, Kent |
Ordered | 3 September 1756 |
Builder | Thomas Seward, Rochester |
Laid down | 1 October 1756 |
Launched | 9 February 1758 |
Completed | 7 April 1758 at Chatham Dockyard |
Commissioned | January 1758 |
Fate | Taken to pieces at Sheerness July 1794 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | 28-gun Coventry-class sixth-rate frigate |
Tons burthen | 59314⁄94 bm |
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Beam | 33 ft 10 in (10.3 m) |
Depth of hold | 10 ft 6 in (3.2 m) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Complement | 200 |
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