HMS Actaeon (1775)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Actaeon.

HMS Actaeon (1775)
Career (Great Britain)
Name:	HMS Actaeon
Ordered:	5 November 1771
Builder:	Woolwich Dockyard
Laid down:	October 1772
Launched:	18 April 1775
Completed:	August 1775
Commissioned:	19 June 1775
Fate:	Lost in action off Fort Sullivan, South Carolina, 29 June 1776
General characteristics
Class & type:	28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate
Tons burthen:	593 89⁄94 (bm)
Length:	120 ft 6.5 in (36.741 m) (overall) 99 ft 6 in (30.33 m) (keel)
Beam:	33 ft 6 in (10.2 m)
Depth of hold:	11 ft 0.25 in (3.3592 m)
Sail plan:	Full-rigged ship
Complement:	200 officers and men
Armament:	28 guns comprising Upper deck: 24 × 9-pounder guns Quarter deck: 4 x 6-pounder guns Forecastle: nil 12 x swivel guns

HMS Actaeon was a 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. The Actaeon was first commissioned in June 1775 under the command of Captain Christopher Atkins.

References

• Robert Gardiner, The First Frigates, Conway Maritime Press, London 1992. ISBN 0-85177-601-9.
• David Lyon, The Sailing Navy List, Conway Maritime Press, London 1993. ISBN 0-85177-617-5.
• Rif Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1714 to 1792, Seaforth Publishing, London 2007. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.