HMS Trial (1744)
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 Great Britain
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| Name: | HMS Trial |
| Ordered: | 18 August 1743 |
| Builder: | Deptford Dockyard |
| Laid down: | 15 September 1743 |
| Launched: | 17 July 1744 |
| Completed: | 28 August 1744 at Deptford Dockyard |
| Commissioned: | July 1744 |
| Fate: | Broken up at Woolwich on 3 January 1776 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Hind-class sloop |
| Tons burthen: | 272 46⁄94 (bm) |
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| Beam: | 26 ft 1.75 in (8.0 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 12 ft 0.75 in (3.7 m) |
| Sail plan: | Snow brig |
| Armament: | 10 × 6-pounder guns, later increased to 14 x 6-pounder guns |
HMS Trial or Tryall was a 10-gun (later 14-gun) two-masted Hind-class sloop of the Royal Navy, designed by Joseph Allin and built by him at Deptford Dockyard on the Thames River, England. She was launched on 17 July 1744. She and her sister ship, Jamaica, were the only sloops to be built in the Royal Dockyards between 1733 and 1748.
After more than 28 years service, she was paid off at Woolwich Dockyard in August 1772, and broken up there on 3 January 1776.
Admiralty orders for Trial's construction were issued on 18 August 1743, with work commencing in September. Her dimensions were in keeping with other vessels of her class, as a two-masted snow-rigged brig, with a gundeck length of 91 ft 6 in (27.9 m) above a 74 ft 11.75 in (22.9 m) keel, a beam of 26 ft 1.75 in (8.0 m) and measuring 272 46⁄94 tons burthen. The initial construction costs were ₤5,050, including fittings.
Small repairs and refitting were conducted at Deptford Dockyard in 1754 and 1757, followed by more major works over ten months in 1767–68. The ship was initially armed with ten six-pounder cannons and 14 1⁄2-pounder swivel guns, with a complement of 110 men. In 1748, the number of six-pounder cannons was increased to 14, and an extra 15 men were added to the crew.
Trial was commissioned in July 1744 and launched on 9 November for service in the ongoing War of the Austrian Succession. The British naval blockade of France had been broken at the Battle of Toulon in February of that year, and Trial was sent to patrol the northern coastline of England for signs of French or Spanish ships. The voyage was not a success; after five days at sea, Trial encountered heavy weather and ran aground at Lindisfarne. A salvage crew was eventually able to drag her off shore, and she was returned southward to await reassignment.
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