HMS Rose (1783)

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Rose
History
Naval Ensign of Great Britain (1707-1800).svgGreat Britain
NameHMS Rose
Ordered15 March 1782
BuilderJoshua Stewart and Mr Hall, Sandgate, Kent
Laid downJune 1782
Launched1 July 1783
Completed23 October 1783
CommissionedAugust 1783
FateWrecked off Jamaica, 28 June 1794
General characteristics
Class and type Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate
Tons burthen5985594 (bm)
Length
  • Overall:120 ft 5+12 in (36.7 m)
  • Keel:99 ft 5 in (30.3 m)
Beam33 ft 7+34 in (10.3 m)
Depth of hold11 ft 0 in (3.4 m)
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Complement200 officers and men
Armament
  • Gun deck: 24 × 9-pounder guns
  • QD: 4 × 6-pounder guns + 4 × 18-pounder carronades
  • Fc: 2 × 18-pounder carronades

HMS Rose was a 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. Rose was first commissioned in August 1783 under the command of Captain James Hawkins.

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Fate

Rose, under the command of Captain Matthew Scott, left Port Royal, Jamaica on 26 June 1794. [1] The next day she encountered a merchant vessel that passed on the news that Admiral Sir John Jervis and his fleet were off Basse Terre, which news led Scott to attempt to meet up with them. The night of 28 June was dark and rain squalls hid the sound of breakers, with the result that at 9pm Rose hit a reef off Rocky Point, Jamaica. The crew threw guns overboard and cut away her anchors, top masts and mizzen-mast, all in a futile attempt to lighten her and get her off the rocks. In the morning, as she filled with water, her crew abandoned ship in her boats and on rafts that they fashioned out of booms and spars. [1]

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