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294:Completed: 27 December 1782 at Plymouth Dockyard.
269:Fate: Broken up May 1815 at Sheerness Dockyard.
357:British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1793-1817
350:British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1713-1792
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352:, Seaforth Publishing, Barnsley 2007.
345:, Conway Maritime Press, London 1994.
297:Fate: Sold to break up 26 March 1828
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282:Builder: John Smallshaw, Liverpool.
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487:Frigates of the Royal Navy
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263:Laid down: 23 August 1779
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191:American Revolutionary War
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291:Launched: 12 June 1782
253:Builder: James Martin
112:141 ft (43 m)
86:General characteristics
502:Ships built in Bristol
492:Minerva-class frigates
285:Ordered: 3 March 1780
233:Completed: 6 July 1780
230:Launched: 3 June 1780
163:FC: 2 × 6-pounder guns
160:QD: 8 × 6-pounder guns
288:Laid down: June 1780
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184:Royal Navy
141:Complement
133:Propulsion
56:Royal Navy
303:HMS
275:HMS
257:, Bristol
246:HMS
211:HMS
154:UD: 28 ×
104:938 72/94
78:Completed
44:Operators
416:Arethusa
255:Hilhouse
248:Arethusa
180:frigates
178:sailing
149:Armament
423:Phaeton
409:Minerva
395:Minerva
277:Phaeton
213:Minerva
174:Minerva
95:Frigate
32:Phaeton
456:Latona
430:Thetis
305:Thetis
238:Pallas
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446:Flora
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454:HMS
171:The
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