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Melpomene (38) 1794-1815
British 38 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
(1794)
Mermaid (32) 1784-1815
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
(1784)
Solebay (32) 1785-1809
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
(1785)
Fox (32) 1780-1816
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
(1780)
Martin (16) 1790-1800
British 16 Gun
Unrated Sloop
(1790)
Sally (14) 1797-1801
British 14 Gun
Hired Ship
(1797)
Nassau (64) 1785-1799
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
(1785)
Atalante (16) 1797-1807
British 16 Gun
Unrated Sloop
(1797)
Espion (32) 1794-1799
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
(1794)
Alert (12) 1798-1801
British 12 Gun
Hired Cutter
(1798)
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Favorite Class

Nationality	Great Britain
Nominal Guns	16
Approved	1757/01/11
Designer
Rate	Unrated
Type	Sloop
Designed Crew	125
Ships in Class	3

Design Armament	Broadside Weight = 51.50 Imperial Pound ( 23.36 kg)		BWAS-1714
Gun Deck	16 x British 6-Pounder
Gun Deck	14 x British 1/2-Pound Swivel

Design Dimensions and Ship Information
	Ordered	Shipyard	Launched	Out of service	Fate	Gundeck Length	Length of Keel	Breadth	Depth in hold	Burthen
As Designed						96' 4"	79' 10"	27' 0"	8' 6"	309 ⁵⁴⁄₉₄
Favorite (16) 1757-1784 British 16 Gun Unrated Sloop	11.1.1757	Shoreham - Sussex	15.12.1757	21.10.1784	Sold	96' 4"	79' 10"	27' 2"	8' 6 ¼"	313 ³⁷⁄₉₄
Tamar (16) 1758-1780 British 16 Gun Unrated Sloop 1777 Renamed "Pluto"	11.1.1757	Saltash - Cornwall	23.1.1758	30.11.1780	Captured	96' 4"	78' 9 ⅝"	27' 4"	8' 3 ½"	313 ¹⁵⁄₉₄
Nautilus (16) 1762-1780 British 16 Gun Unrated Sloop	17.4.1761	Kingston upon Hull - Yorkshire - The Humber	24.5.1762	10.1780	Sold	98' 0"	80' 7 ⅝"	27' 4"	12' 8"	316 ⁴⁷⁄₉₄

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

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Sunday 26th of July 2026 05:51	Jon Miller	British Fifth Rate frigate 'Melpomene' (1794) (38) 1794-1815 British 38 Gun 5th Rate Frigate
Sunday 26th of July 2026 05:50	Jon Miller	British Fifth Rate frigate 'Mermaid' (1784) (32) 1784-1815 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate
Sunday 26th of July 2026 05:49	Jon Miller	British Fifth Rate frigate 'Solebay' (1785) (32) 1785-1809 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate
Sunday 26th of July 2026 05:47	Jon Miller	British Fifth Rate frigate 'Fox' (1780) (32) 1780-1816 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate
Sunday 26th of July 2026 05:46	Jon Miller	British sloop 'Martin' (1790) (16) 1790-1800 British 16 Gun Unrated Sloop

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