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HMS Actaeon (1775)

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Name
  
HMS Actaeon

Builder
  
Woolwich Dockyard

Completed
  
August 1775

Construction started
  
October 1772

Ordered
  
5 November 1771

Laid down
  
October 1772

Commissioned
  
19 June 1775

Launched
  
18 April 1775

HMS Actaeon was a 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy.

History

The Actaeon was first commissioned in June 1775 under the command of Captain Christopher Atkins.

In August 1775, she was driven ashore at Lymington, Hampshire. She was refloated on 31 August and taken in to Portsmouth, Hampshire for repairs.

References

HMS Actaeon (1775) Wikipedia