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HMS Pegasus (1776)

History
Royal Navy Ensign
Class and type: Swan class ship sloop
Name: HMS Pegasus
Ordered: 10 April 1775
Builder: Chatham Dockyard
Laid down: May 1775
Launched: 27 December 1776
Commissioned: December 1776
Fate: Lost, presumed foundered in a storm in October 1777
General characteristics
Tons burthen: 301 8794 bm
Length:
  • 96 ft 7 in (29.4 m) (gundeck)
  • 78 ft 10 in (24.0 m) (keel)
Beam: 26 ft 10 in (8.2 m)
Depth of hold: 12 ft 10 in (3.91 m)
Complement: 125
Armament: 14 x 6-pounder guns

HMS Pegasus was a 14 gun ship sloop of the Swan class, launched on 27 December 1776. She was commissioned the same month under Commander John Hamilton Gore and - after completing on 3 March 1777 - sailed for Newfoundland on 3 April. She was lost with all hands in a storm off Newfoundland in October.

Coordinates: 39°34′41″N 74°18′00″W / 39.578°N 74.300°W / 39.578; -74.300


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