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Name: HMS Brilliant
Ordered: 29 July 1756
Builder: Plymouth Dockyard
Laid down: 28 August 1756
Launched: 27 October 1757
Completed: 20 November 1757
Commissioned: October 1757
Fate: Sold to break up at Deptford 1 November 1776.
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General characteristics
Class & type: Venus-class fifth-rate frigate
Tons burthen: 718 3894 (bm)
Length: 128 ft 4 in (39.12 m) (gundeck)
106 ft 2.625 in (32.37548 m) (keel)
Beam: 35 ft 8 in (10.87 m)
Depth of hold: 12 ft 4 in (3.76 m)
Sail plan: Full-rigged ship
Complement: 240 officers and men
Armament:

36 guns comprising:

  • Upperdeck: 26 × 12-pounder guns
  • Quarterdeck: 8 × 6-pounder guns
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6-pounder guns

HMS Brilliant was one of the three 36-gun Venus-class fifth-rate frigates of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1757 and served until sold in 1776.

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