HMS Shannon (1757)

History
Great Britain
Name:	HMS Shannon
Ordered:	18 April 1757
Builder:	Deptford Dockyard
Laid down:	11 May 1757
Launched:	17 August 1757
Completed:	8 October 1757
Commissioned:	August 1757
Fate:	Taken to pieces at Portsmouth December 1765
General characteristics
Class and type:	28-gun Coventry-class sixth-rate frigate
Tons burthen:	587  53⁄94 bm
Length:	118 ft 6 in (36.1 m) (gundeck) 97 ft 5.5 in (29.7 m) (keel)
Beam:	33 ft 8 in (10.3 m)
Depth of hold:	10 ft 6 in (3.20 m)
Sail plan:	Full-rigged ship
Complement:	200 officers and men
Armament:	28 guns comprising: Upperdeck: 24 × 9-pounder guns Quarterdeck: 4 × 3-pounder guns 12 × ½-pdr swivel guns

HMS Shannon was a 28-gun Coventry-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy.

The Shannon was one of five frigates of the class built of fir rather than oak. Fir was cheaper and more abundant than oak and permitted noticeably faster construction, but at a cost of a reduced lifespan; the four fir-built Coventry-class vessels that did not get captured lasted an average of only nine years before being struck off.

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