HMS Greenwich (1777)
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| Name: | HMS Greenwich |
| Builder: | John & William Wells, Deptford |
| Launched: | 1766 |
| Completed: | 12 December 1777 at Deptford Dockyard |
| Acquired: | September 1777 |
| Commissioned: | September 1777 |
| Decommissioned: | March 1783 |
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| Fate: | Sold at Deptford Dockyard, 10 April 1783 |
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| Class and type: | 26-gun Coventry-class sixth-rate frigate |
| Tons burthen: | 753 48⁄94 bm |
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| Beam: | 34 ft 10 in (10.6 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 13 ft 10 in (4.22 m) |
| Sail plan: | Full-rigged ship |
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HMS Greenwich was a 26-gun East Indiaman purchased by the Royal Navy in 1777 for use as a storeship and receiving ship during the American Revolutionary War. She saw service in North American waters and off the English port of Sheerness between 1777 and 1783, but was ultimately declared surplus to requirements and sold into private hands at Deptford Dockyard.
Greenwich was built in 1766 by shipwrights John and William wells, at their private dockyard near the English port of Deptford. As built, she was 140 ft 9 in (42.9 m) long with a 116 ft 9 in (35.6 m) keel, a beam of 34 ft 10 in (10.62 m), and measuring 75348⁄94 tonnes burthen. Her builders cut 26 gunports along her upper deck but she never carried more than 22 guns; her principal armament was 20 9-pounder cannons ranged along her upper deck, supported after 1779 by two 6-pounder guns on her forecastle. Her crew comprised 200 officers and men, reduced to 160 from 1779.
Greenwich was purchased by the Royal Navy in September 1779 and commissioned under Commander Christopher Rigby for North American service. Her first assignment was as a storeship, carrying supplies to British troops in Boston and New York; she set sail for North America in March 1778 and remained there until the following year. In March 1779 she returned to Woolwich Dockyard for repair. In April she was sailed to Sheerness Dockyard where she was refitted as a receiving ship, to collect and hold sailors gathered by press gangs operating ashore. Fitout lasted until August, after which she re-entered active service under Commander William Daniel. She was paid off in March 1783 and sailed to Deptford Dockyard for disposal. In April 1783 she was sold back into private ownership, for the sum of £400.
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