HMS Lowestoffe was a 28-gun Lowestoffe-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. Named after the UK's most easterly port of Lowestoft in Suffolk the ship was designed by Sir Thomas Slade based on the earlier Lyme of 1748, "with such alterations as may tend to the better stowing of men and carrying for guns." The design provided for a 24-gun ship (from 22 September 1756 this was raised to 28 guns by including the 3 pounders on the quarterdeck in the count) of 583 tons, but on completion the ship measured some 11 tons more.

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History
RN EnsignGreat Britain
NameHMS Lowestoffe
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered20 May 1755
BuilderJohn Greaves, Limehouse
Laid downJune 1755
Launched17 May 1756
Completed8 June 1756 at Deptford Dockyard
CommissionedMay 1756
FateWrecked 19 May 1760
General characteristics
Class and typeLowestoffe-class sixth-rate frigate
Tons burthen594 3394 (bm)
Length
  • 118 ft 3 in (36 m) (gundeck)
  • 97 ft 7+38 in (29.8 m) (keel)
Beam33 ft 10 in (10.3 m)
Depth of hold10 ft 4 in (3.1 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement200 officers and men
Armament
  • Upperdeck: 24 × 9-pounder guns
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 3-pounder guns
  • 12 × swivel guns
Lowestoffe in the Saint Lawrence River, 1759

The ship served in the British operations to relieve Quebec during the Seven Years' War before being wrecked off Pointe-aux-Trembles on 19 May 1760.

References

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  • Robert Gardiner, The First Frigates, Conway Maritime Press, London 1992. ISBN 0-85177-601-9.
  • David Lyon, The Sailing Navy List, Conway Maritime Press, London 1993. ISBN 0-85177-617-5.
  • Rif Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1714 to 1792, Seaforth Publishing, London 2007. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.
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