HMS Actaeon (1775)

History
Great Britain
Name:	HMS Actaeon
Ordered:	5 November 1771
Builder:	Woolwich Dockyard
Laid down:	October 1772
Launched:	18 April 1775
Completed:	August 1775
Commissioned:	19 June 1775
Fate:	Lost in action off Fort Sullivan, South Carolina, 29 June 1776
General characteristics
Class and type:	28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate
Tons burthen:	593  89⁄94 (bm)
Length:	120 ft 6.5 in (36.741 m) (overall) 99 ft 6 in (30.33 m) (keel)
Beam:	33 ft 6 in (10.2 m)
Depth of hold:	11 ft 0.25 in (3.3592 m)
Sail plan:	Full-rigged ship
Complement:	200 officers and men
Armament:	28 guns comprising Upper deck: 24 × 9-pounder guns Quarter deck: 4 × 6-pounder guns Forecastle: nil 12 × swivel guns

HMS Actaeon was a 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy.

The Actaeon was first commissioned in June 1775 under the command of Captain Christopher Atkins.

In August 1775, she was driven ashore at Lymington, Hampshire. She was refloated on 31 August and taken in to Portsmouth, Hampshire for repairs.

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