HMS Diana (1757)

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

Career (Great Britain)
Name:	HMS Diana
Ordered:	1 June 1756
Builder:	Robert Batson, Limehouse
Laid down:	June 1756
Launched:	30 August 1757
Completed:	12 September 1757 at Deptford Dockyard
Commissioned:	August 1757
Fate:	Sold to break up at Deptford, 16 May 1793
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General characteristics
Class & type:	Southampton-class fifth-rate frigate
Tons burthen:	668 57⁄94 bm
Length:	124 ft 6 in (37.95 m) (gundeck) 103 ft 1.125 in (31.42298 m) (keel)
Beam:	34 ft 11 in (10.64 m)
Depth of hold:	12 ft 0 in (3.66 m)
Sail plan:	Full-rigged ship
Complement:	210 officers and men
Armament:	32 guns comprising Upperdeck: 26 × 12-pounder guns Quarterdeck: 4 × 6-pounder guns Forecastle: 2 × 6-pounder guns

HMS Diana was one of the four 32-gun Southampton-class fifth-rate frigates of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1757 and served through the American Revolutionary War before being broken up in 1793.

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.