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305:Completed: 27 December 1782 at Plymouth Dockyard.
280:Fate: Broken up May 1815 at Sheerness Dockyard.
368:British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1793-1817
361:British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1713-1792
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247:Fate: Fitted as a troopship and renamed
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363:, Seaforth Publishing, Barnsley 2007.
356:, Conway Maritime Press, London 1994.
308:Fate: Sold to break up 26 March 1828
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293:Builder: John Smallshaw, Liverpool.
131:38 ft 10 in (11.84 m)
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370:, Chatham Publishing, London 2005.
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264:Builder: James Martin
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503:Minerva-class frigates
296:Ordered: 3 March 1780
244:Completed: 6 July 1780
241:Launched: 3 June 1780
174:FC: 2 × 6-pounder guns
171:QD: 8 × 6-pounder guns
299:Laid down: June 1780
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152:Complement
144:Propulsion
67:Royal Navy
314:HMS
286:HMS
268:, Bristol
257:HMS
222:HMS
165:UD: 28 ×
115:938 72/94
89:Completed
55:Operators
427:Arethusa
266:Hilhouse
259:Arethusa
191:frigates
189:sailing
160:Armament
434:Phaeton
420:Minerva
406:Minerva
288:Phaeton
224:Minerva
185:Minerva
106:Frigate
43:Phaeton
467:Latona
441:Thetis
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249:Pallas
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