HMS Trent (1757)

Trent
History
Great Britain
NameHMS Trent
Ordered5 May 1757
BuilderWoolwich Dockyard
Laid down19 May 1757
Launched31 October 1757
Completed23 November 1757
CommissionedSeptember 1757
FateSold to be taken to pieces at Portsmouth 26 January 1764
General characteristics
Class & type28-gun Coventry-class sixth-rate frigate
Tons burthen587 30⁄94 bm
Length
  • 118 ft 5.5 in (36.1 m) (gundeck)
  • 97 ft 5 in (29.7 m) (keel)
Beam33 ft 8 in (10.3 m)
Depth of hold10 ft 6 in (3.20 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement200 officers and men
Armament
  • 28 guns comprising:
  • Upperdeck: 24 × 9-pounder guns
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 3-pounder guns
  • 12 × ½-pdr swivel guns

HMS Trent was a 28-gun Coventry-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy.

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