HMS Hind (1744)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Hind.

HMS Hind was a 10-gun two-masted Hind-class sloop of the Royal Navy, designed by Joseph Allin and built by Philemon Perry at Blackwall on the Thames River, England and launched on 19 April 1744.

Hind 1744
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Hind
Ordered	6 August 1743
Builder	Philemon Perry, Blackwall, London
Laid down	11 September 1743
Launched	19 April 1744
Completed	12 May 1744 at Woolwich Dockyard
Commissioned	April 1744
Fate	Foundered off Louisbourg on 1 November 1747
General characteristics
Class and type	Hind-class sloop
Tons burthen	272 57⁄94 (bm)
Length	91 ft 6 in (27.9 m) (gundeck) 75 ft 2.5 in (22.9 m) (keel)
Beam	26 ft 1.25 in (8.0 m)
Depth of hold	12 ft 2 in (3.7 m)
Sail plan	Snow
Armament	10 × 6-pounder guns

She was lost, presumed to have foundered, off Louisbourg, Nova Scotia in September 1747.

References

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• McLaughlan, Ian. The Sloop of War 1650-1763. Seaforth Publishing, 2014. ISBN 978-1-84832-187-8.
• Rif Winfield (2007). British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1714-1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.