Name HMS Siren Laid down April 1771 Construction started April 1771 | Ordered 25 December 1770 Commissioned August 1775 Launched 2 November 1773 | |
Completed 5 October 1775 at Chatham Dockyard Fate Grounded and abandoned under fire, 6 November 1777 | ||
Hms siren 1773
HMS Siren (or Syren) was a 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. Siren was first commissioned in August 1775 under the command of Captain Tobias Furneaux, her only commanding officer.
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Service
She took part in the Battle of the Rice Boats on 2-3 March 1776 on the border between the Province of Georgia and the Province of South Carolina and in the Battle of Sullivan's Island of 28 June 1776 upon Charleston, South Carolina.
Fate
Siren, escorting a convoy in poor visibility, ran aground at about 6:00 am on 6 November 1777 near Point Judith, along with two other ships. Efforts were made to bring her off, but American forces ashore brought up field artillery and prevented salvage operations. Siren was abandoned with the loss of 2 killed and 5 wounded.