HMS Enterprise
brit. HMS Enterprise(1774-1807)
On completion, HMS Enterprise was a ship of 593 tons. She was 120’6″ long on her gundeck 3672.8 cm and was 33’6″ wide across her beam 1021.1 cm.
She was armed with 24 9pdr long guns on her gundeck, 4 3pdr long guns on her quarterdeck and was also fitted with 12 half-pound swivel guns dotted around her upper deck.
She was manned by a crew of 200 officers, men and boys. The ship commissioned under Captain Sir Thomas Rich in April 1775.
Althogether the ship had cost a total of £14,732,11s,6d by the time she was declared complete in June 1775.
Schooner 62 feet, mit 6 Ruderpaare
Career (Great Britain) RN Ensign Name: HMS Enterprise
Ordered: January 1771
Builder: Deptford Royal Dockyard
Laid down: 9 September 1771
Launched: 24 August 1774
Completed: 20 June 1775
Commissioned: April 1775
Fate: Broken up, August 1817
General characteristics
Class & type: Enterprise-class frigate
Tons burthen: 593 89/94 (bm)
Length: 120 ft 6 in (36.73 m) (gundeck)
99 ft 6 in (30.33 m) (keel)
Beam: 33 ft 6 in (10.21 m)
Depth of hold: 11 ft 0 in (3.35 m)
Sail plan: Full-rigged ship
Complement: 200 officers and men
Armament: Gundeck: 24 × 9pdrs
Quarter deck: 4 × 3pdrs
