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653: 31: 92: 511:. The class was designed with an armament of 26 12-pounder (5.4 kg) cannon on the gundeck, four 6-pounder (2.7 kg) guns on the quarterdeck with four 24-pounder (11 kg) 528: 709: 545: 585: 690: 714: 634: 182: 74: 52: 45: 683: 17: 508: 275: 135: 439: 169: 676: 624: 39: 652: 536: 56: 664: 552:– wrecked on Anticosti Island in the St Lawrence estuary 13 July 1796, abandoned 30 July 1796. 8: 555: 492: 445:
design, which they resembled with a distinct midsection. Due to poor performance of the
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British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates
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class was designed with a 126-foot (38 m) gundeck, measuring 103 ft
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This article is about the British frigate class. For other ship classes, see
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class of eight ships designed by Edward Hunt to replace the
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Thomas Whitcombe
Liverpool
Sheerness Dockyard
George Parsons
Bursledon
Hampshire
East Cowes
Amazon class
Hermione class
fifth-rate
frigate
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Full-rigged ship
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carronades
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fifth-rate
frigate
Amazon class
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