Ships in class
First batch * ''Siren'' ** Ordered: 25 December 1770 ** Built by: John Henniker and Company, Chatham. ** Keel laid: April 1771 ** Launched: 2 November 1773 ** Completed: 5 October 1775 at Chatham Royal Dockyard. ** Fate: Grounded and abandoned under fire off Point Judith, Connecticut on 6 November 1777. * ''Fox'' ** Ordered: 25 December 1770 ** Built by: Thomas Raymond, Northam (Southampton). ** Keel laid: May 1771 ** Launched: 2 September 1773 ** Completed: 12 February 1776 at Portsmouth Royal Dockyard. ** Fate: Captured by the French off Brest on 11 September 1778. * ''Surprise'' ** Ordered: January 1771 ** Built by: Woolwich Royal Dockyard. ** Keel laid: 5 September 1771 ** Launched: 13 April 1774 ** Completed: 15 April 1775 ** Fate: Sold at Woolwich Dockyard on 24 April 1783. * ''Enterprise'' ** Ordered: January 1771 ** Built by: Deptford Royal Dockyard. ** Keel laid: 9 September 1771 ** Launched: 24 August 1774 ** Completed: 20 June 1775 ** Fate: Taken to pieces at Deptford Dockyard in August 1807. * ''Actaeon'' ** Ordered: 5 November 1771 ** Built by: Woolwich Royal Dockyard. ** Keel laid: October 1772 ** Launched: 18 April 1775 ** Completed: 3 August 1775 ** Fate: Grounded off Fort Sullivan, South Carolina and burnt to avoid capture on 29 June 1776. Second batch * ''Proserpine'' ** Ordered: 14 May 1776 ** Built by: John Barnard, Harwich. ** Keel laid: June 1776 ** Launched: 7 July 1777 ** Completed: 23 September 1777 at Sheerness Dockyard. ** Fate: Wrecked in the Elbe Estuary on 1 February 1799. * ''Medea'' ** Ordered: 14 May 1776 ** Built by: James Martin Hillhouse, Bristol. ** Keel laid: June 1776 ** Launched: 28 April 1778 ** Completed: 15 September 1778 at Plymouth Dockyard. ** Fate: Fitted as hospital ship 1801. Sold 1805. * ''Andromeda'' ** Ordered: 14 May 1776 ** Built by: Robert Fabian, East Cowes. ** Keel laid: July 1776 ** Launched: 18 November 1777 ** Completed: 28 January 1778 at Portsmouth Dockyard. ** Fate: Lost with all hands in a hurricane off Martinique on 11 October 1780. * ''Aurora'' ** Ordered: 3 July 1776 ** Built by: John Perry & Company, Blackwall. ** Keel laid: July 1776 ** Launched: 7 June 1777 ** Completed: 9 August 1777 at Woolwich Dockyard. ** Fate: Sold at Chatham on 3 November 1814. * ''Sibyl'' ** Ordered: 24 July 1776 ** Built by: Henry Adams, Bucklers Hard. ** Keel laid: 10 December 1776 ** Launched: 2 January 1779 ** Completed: 13 March 1779 at Portsmouth Dockyard. ** Fate: Wrecked off Madagascar on 26 July 1798. * ''Brilliant'' ** Ordered: 9 October 1776 ** Built by: Henry Adams, Bucklers Hard. ** Keel laid: February 1777 ** Launched: 15 July 1779 ** Completed: 4 September 1779 at Portsmouth Dockyard. ** Fate: Taken to pieces at Portsmouth Dockyard in November 1811. * ''Pomona'' ** Ordered: 7 March 1777 ** Built by: Thomas Raymond, Chapel (Southampton). ** Keel laid: 8 May 1777 ** Launched: 22 September 1778 ** Completed: 17 December 1778 at Portsmouth Dockyard. ** Fate: Taken to pieces at Portsmouth Dockyard in August 1811. * ''Crescent'' ** Ordered: 19 July 1777 ** Built by: James Martin Hillhouse, Bristol. ** Keel laid: 19 August 1777 ** Launched: March 1779 ** Completed: 30 June 1779 at Plymouth Dockyard. ** Fate: Captured by the French on 19 June 1781. * ''Nemesis'' ** Ordered: 30 September 1777 ** Built by: Jolly, Leathers & Barton, Liverpool. ** Keel laid: November 1777 ** Launched: 23 January 1780 ** Completed: 22 June 1780 at Plymouth Dockyard. ** Fate: Sold for breaking up at Plymouth Dockyard on 9 June 1814. * ''Resource'' ** Ordered: 30 September 1777 ** Built by: John Randall & Company, Rotherhithe. ** Keel laid: November 1777 ** Launched: 10 August 1778 ** Completed: 2 October 1778 at Deptford Dockyard. ** Fate: Renamed ''Enterprise'' on 17 April 1806. Sold at Deptford Dockyard on 28 August 1816. * ''Mercury'' ** Ordered: 22 January 1778 ** Built by: Peter Mestaer, Rotherhithe. ** Keel laid: 25 March 1778 ** Launched: 9 December 1779 ** Completed: 24 February 1780 at Deptford Dockyard. ** Fate: Taken to pieces at Woolwich Dockyard in January 1814. * ''Pegasus'' ** Ordered: 21 February 1778 ** Built by: Deptford Dockyard. ** Keel laid: 20 June 1778 ** Launched: 1 June 1779 ** Completed: 20 July 1779. ** Fate: Sold at Deptford Dockyard to break up on 28 August 1816. * ''Cyclops'' ** Ordered: 6 March 1778 ** Built by: James Menetone & Son, Limehouse. ** Keel laid: 3 April 1778 ** Launched: 31 July 1779 ** Completed: 26 September 1779 at Deptford Dockyard. ** Fate: Sold at Portsmouth Dockyard on 1 September 1814. * ''Vestal'' ** Ordered: 18 March 1778 ** Built by: Robert & John Batson, Limehouse. ** Keel laid: 1 May 1778 ** Launched: 24 December 1779 ** Completed: 25 February 1780 at Deptford Dockyard. ** Fate: Sold at Barbados in February 1816. * ''Laurel'' ** Ordered: 30 April 1778 ** Built by: Thomas Raymond, Chapel (Southampton). ** Keel laid: 3 June 1778 ** Launched: 27 October 1779 ** Completed: 4 January 1780 at Portsmouth Dockyard. ** Fate: Wrecked in a hurricane off Martinique on 11 October 1780. Third batch * ''Thisbe'' ** Ordered: 23 February 1782 ** Built by: Thomas King, Dover. ** Keel laid: September 1782 ** Launched: 25 November 1783 ** Completed: 19 April 1784 at Deptford Dockyard. ** Fate: Sold to be broken up, 9 August 1815. * ''Circe'' ** Ordered: 6 March 1782 ** Built by: Henry Ladd, Dover. ** Keel laid: December 1782 ** Launched: 30 September 1785 ** Completed: 2 November 1790 at Woolwich Dockyard. ** Fate: Wrecked off Great Yarmouth on 17 November 1803. * ''Rose'' ** Ordered: 15 March 1782 ** Built by: Joshua Stewart & Hall, Sandgate. ** Keel laid: June 1782 ** Launched: 1 July 1783 ** Completed: 23 October 1783 at Deptford Dockyard. ** Fate: Wrecked off Jamaica on 28 June 1794. * ''Hussar'' ** Ordered: 26 March 1782 ** Built by: Fabian, Clayton & Willson, Sandgate. ** Keel laid: June 1782 ** Launched: 1 September 1784 ** Completed: November 1787 at Deptford Dockyard. ** Fate: Wrecked off Brittany 27 December 1796 * ''Alligator'' ** Ordered: 7 May 1782 ** Built by: Philemon Jacobs, Sandgate. ** Keel laid: December 1782 ** Launched: 18 April 1787 ** Completed: 18 July 1790 at Deptford Dockyard. ** Fate: Sold at Plymouth Dockyard 21 July 1814. * ''Dido'' ** Ordered: 5 June 1782 ** Built by: Joshua Stuart & Hall, Sandgate. ** Keel laid: September 1782 ** Launched: 27 November 1784 ** Completed: October 1787 at Portsmouth Dockyard. ** Fate: Sold at Portsmouth Dockyard on 3 April 1817. * ''Lapwing'' ** Ordered: 22 October 1782 ** Built by: Thomas King, Dover. ** Keel laid: February 1783 ** Launched: 21 September 1785 ** Completed: 19 May 1791 at Woolwich Dockyard. ** Fate: Taken to pieces at Plymouth Dockyard in May 1828.References
* David Lyon, ''The Sailing Navy List'', Brasseys Publications, London 1993. * Rif Winfield, ''British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1714 to 1792'', Seaforth Publishing, London 2007.External links
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