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Infernal Class

Nationality	Great Britain
Nominal Guns	8
Approved	1756/11
Designer	Sir Thomas SladeBritish Designer Ship Builder Dockyard Staff Service 1744-1783
Rate	Unrated
Type	Bomb Vessel
Designed Crew	60
Ships in Class	7

Design Armament	Broadside Weight = 27.50 Imperial Pound ( 12.47 kg)		BWAS-1714
Gun Deck	14 x British 1/2-Pound Swivel
Gun Deck	1 x British 10" Mortar
Gun Deck	8 x British 6-Pounder
Gun Deck	1 x British 13" Mortar

Design Dimensions and Ship Information
	Ordered	Shipyard	Launched	Out of service	Fate	Gundeck Length	Length of Keel	Breadth	Depth in hold	Burthen
As Designed						91' 6"	74' 1 ¼"	27' 6"	12' 1"	298 ²²⁄₉₄
Infernal (8) 1757-1774 British 8 Gun Unrated Bomb Vessel	5.10.1756	Northam - Devon	4.7.1757	26.10.1774	Sold	91' 6"	75' 0 ⅝"	27' 9"	12' 1"	307 ³⁹⁄₉₄
Terror (8) 1759-1774 British 8 Gun Unrated Bomb Vessel	21.9.1758	King's Yard - Harwich	16.1.1759	9.8.1774	Sold	91' 6"	74' 1 ¾"	27' 8"	12' 1"	301 ⁸³⁄₉₄
Carcass (8) 1759-1784 British 8 Gun Unrated Bomb Vessel	21.9.1758	Rotherhithe - London - Surrey	27.1.1759	5.8.1784	Sold	91' 8"	74' 2 ⅜"	28' 0"	12' 1 ½"	309 ³⁹⁄₉₄
Basilisk (8) 1759-1762 British 8 Gun Unrated Bomb Vessel	21.9.1758	Deptford - London	10.2.1759	29.10.1762	Captured	91' 7"	74' 4 ⅜"	27' 8"	12' 1"	301 ⁸³⁄₉₄
Blast (8) 1759-1771 British 8 Gun Unrated Bomb Vessel	21.9.1758	Northam - Devon	27.2.1759	10.1771	Broken Up	91' 6"	74' 0"	27' 9"	12' 1"	303 ¹⁰⁄₉₄
Mortar (8) 1759-1774 British 8 Gun Unrated Bomb Vessel	21.9.1758	Deptford - London	14.3.1759	2.9.1774	Sold	92' 0"	74' 8 ¼"	28' 1"	12' 1 ¾"	313 ³⁰⁄₉₄
Thunder (8) 1759-1774 British 8 Gun Unrated Bomb Vessel	21.9.1758	Chatham - Kent	15.3.1759	2.9.1774	Sold	91' 6"	74' 1 ¾"	27' 8 ¼"	12' 1"	302 ³²⁄₉₄

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