Name HMS Actaeon Builder Chatham Dockyard Completed 9 November 1757 Construction started 26 May 1757 | Ordered 5 May 1757 Laid down 26 May 1757 Commissioned September 1757 Launched 30 September 1757 | |
HMS Actaeon was a 28-gun Coventry-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy.
Construction
The Actaeon was one of five frigates of the class built of fir rather than oak. Fir was cheaper and more abundant than oak and permitted noticeably faster construction, but at a cost of a reduced lifespan; the four fir-built Coventry-class vessels that did not get captured lasted an average of only nine years before being struck off.
References
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