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Speranza Class

Frigate Useref:617

Intended for a dual role as Ships of the Line and 'Large Frigates' they carried a reduced 40-gun armament n the later role: 20 x 30lb, 20 x 14lb with unarmed upperworks.



NationalityVenice
Nominal Guns58
Approved1752
Designer 
RateFourth Rate
TypeShip of the Line
Designed Crew0
Ships in Class2

Design ArmamentBroadside Weight = 444.00 Venetian Libbre Sottili (294.82 lbs 138.08 kg)ref:617
Lower Gun Deck24 x Venetian 20-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck24 x Venetian 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck10 x Venetian 12-Pounder

Design Dimensions and Ship Information
 OrderedShipyardLaunchedOut of serviceFateGundeck LengthLength of KeelBreadthDepth in holdBurthen
As Designed     128.45110.0033.3628.25 
Speranza (58) 1752-1773
Venetian 58 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
UnknownVenice 23.4.17521773Condemned128.45110.0033.3628.25 
San Vicenzo Ferrer (58) 1757-1776
Venetian 58 Gun
5th Rate Ship of the Line
UnknownVenice 1.6.17571776Broken Up128.45110.0033.3628.25 

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