Bonetta-class sloop
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Operators |  Royal Navy |
| Preceded by | Cruizer (1752) class |
| Built | 1755-1756 |
| In commission | 1756-1778 |
| Completed | 3 |
| Lost | 1 |
| General characteristics (common design) | |
| Type | Sloop-of-war |
| Tons burthen | 220 43⁄94 bm |
| Length |
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| Beam | 24 ft 4 in (7.4 m) |
| Depth of hold | 10 ft 10 in (3.30 m) (vessels without platform in hold) |
| Sail plan | Snow rig |
| Complement | 100 |
| Armament |
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The Bonetta class was a class of three sloops of wooden construction built for the Royal Navy between 1755 and 1756. All three were built by contract with commercial builders to a common design prepared by Thomas Slade, the Surveyor of the Navy.
All three were ordered on 9 July 1755, assigned names on 29 July 1755, and were built as two-masted snow-rigged vessels.
Vessels
[edit]| Name | Ordered | Builder | Launched | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonetta | 9 July 1755 | Henry Bird, Globe Stairs, Rotherhithe |
4 February 1756 | Sold 1 November 1776 at Woolwich. |
| Merlin | 9 July 1755 | John Quallett, Rotherhithe |
20 March 1756 | Captured 23 August 1778 by the French in the Mediterranean. (Recaptured 26 August 1780 by British privateer Fame and burnt). |
| Spy | 9 July 1755 | Robert Inwood, Rotherhithe | 3 February 1756 | Sold 3 September 1773 at Sheerness. |
References
[edit]- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- McLaughlan, Ian. The Sloop of War 1650-1763. Seaforth Publishing, 2014. ISBN 978-1-84832-187-8.
- Winfield, Rif. British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714-1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing, 2007. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.