Amazon-class frigate (1773)
The Amazon-class frigates of 1773, made up of 32-gun fifth rates with a main battery of 12-pounder guns. They were designed by the Surveyor of the Navy, John Williams during his employment by the Admiralty.
The class comprised eighteen ships; Amazon, Ambuscade and Thetis were launched in 1773; the second batch - Cleopatra, Amphion, Orpheus, Juno, Success, Iphigenia, Andromache, Syren, Iris, Greyhound, Meleager, Castor, Solebay, Terpsichore and Blonde - were launched in 1779 to 1787.
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References
- Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-246-7.