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Yarmouth (64) 1745-1811
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
(1745)
Somerset (68) 1748-1778
British 68 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
(1748)
Santisima Trinidad (136) 1805-1805
British 136 Gun
1st Rate Ship of the Line
(1805)
Nuestra Señora de la Santísima Trinidad (116) 1769-1805
Spanish 116 Gun
1st Rate Ship of the Line
(1769)
Drake (14) 1798-1804
British 14 Gun
Unrated Sloop
(1798)
Drake (14) 1798-1804
British 14 Gun
Unrated Sloop
(1798)
Magicienne (32) 1781-1810
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
(1781)
L'Africaine (18) 1796-1796
French 18 Gun
Unrated Unknown
(1796)
Quebec (32) 1781-1816
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
(1781)
Diamond (38) 1794-1812
British 38 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
(1794)
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Cruizer Class

Nationality	Great Britain
Nominal Guns	8
Approved	1752
Designer
Rate	Unrated
Type	Sloop
Designed Crew	50
Ships in Class	4

Design Armament	Broadside Weight = 14.50 Imperial Pound ( 6.58 kg)		BWAS-1714
Gun Deck	8 x British 3-Pounder
Gun Deck	10 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						75' 6"	62' 3"	20' 7 ½"	9' 4"	140 ⁷⁹⁄₉₄
Cruizer (8) 1752-1776 British 8 Gun Unrated Sloop	14.1.1751/52	Deptford Dockyard - Deptford	31.8.1752	2.10.1776	Abandoned	75' 6"	62' 3"	20' 7 ½"	9' 4"	140 ⁷²⁄₉₄
Speedwell (8) 1752-1780 British 8 Gun Unrated Sloop 1779 Renamed "Spitfire"	14.1.1751/52	Chatham Dockyard - Chatham	21.10.1752	5.12.1780	Sold	75' 7"	62' 3"	20' 7 ½"	9' 4"	140 ⁷⁹⁄₉₄
Wolf (8) 1754-1781 British 8 Gun Unrated Sloop	29.8.1753	Chatham Dockyard - Chatham	24.5.1754	15.8.1781	Sold	75' 6"	62' 3"	20' 7 ½"	9' 4"	140 ⁷⁹⁄₉₄
Happy (8) 1754-1766 British 8 Gun Unrated Sloop	29.8.1753	Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich	22.7.1754	14.9.1766	Wrecked	75' 6"	62' 3"	20' 7 ½"	9' 4"	140 ⁷⁹⁄₉₄

Sources

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BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

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Thursday 23rd of July 2026 13:29	keith wilkie	British Third Rate ship of the line 'Yarmouth' (1745) (64) 1745-1811 British 64 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line
Thursday 23rd of July 2026 13:13	keith wilkie	British Third Rate ship of the line 'Somerset' (1748) (68) 1748-1778 British 68 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line
Wednesday 22nd of July 2026 04:24	F.F.	British First Rate ship of the line 'Santisima Trinidad' (1805) (136) 1805-1805 British 136 Gun 1st Rate Ship of the Line
Wednesday 22nd of July 2026 01:36	F.F.	Spanish First Rate ship of the line 'Nuestra Señora de la Santísima Trinidad' (1769) (116) 1769-1805 Spanish 116 Gun 1st Rate Ship of the Line
Tuesday 21st of July 2026 16:47	Jon Miller	British sloop 'Drake' (1798) (14) 1798-1804 British 14 Gun Unrated Sloop

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