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{{Infobox ship class overview
|Name=''Gibraltar'' Group
|Builders=[[Woolwich Dockyard]]
|Operators={{Navy|United Kingdom}}
|Class before=''Flamborough'' Group
|Class after=1719 Establishment Group
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|Cost=
|Built range=1710–1716
|In service range=1706–1748
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|Total ships completed=12
|Total ships lost=3
|Total ships retired=9
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|Ship type=24-gun [[sixth rate]]
|Ship tons burthen=276 [[Builder's Old Measurement|bm]]
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|Ship length=*{{convert|94|ft|0|in|m|abbr=on|1}} gundeck
*{{convert|76|ft|9|in|m|abbr=on|1}} keel for tonnage
|Ship beam=*{{convert|26|ft|0|in|m|abbr=on|1}} for tonnage
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|Ship hold depth={{convert|10|ft|8|in|m|abbr=on|1}}
|Ship sail plan=[[Full-rigged ship|ship-rigged]]
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|Ship armament=*20 × 6-pdr 19 cwt guns on wooden trucks (UD)
*4 × 4-pdr 12 cwt guns on wooden trucks (QD)
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The '''''Gibraltar Group''''' of [[sixth rate]]s were basically repeats of the [[Maidstone Group|''Maidstone'' Group]]. Ten ships were ordered with one of a slightly different design (but basically the same) and another added in 1711, for a total of twelve vessels. Their armament was similar as were the dimensions of the vessels. They were constructed between 1710 and 1716.<ref>Winfield 2009</ref>

==Design and specifications==
The construction of the vessels was assigned to Royal dockyards. As with most vessels of this time period only order and launch dates are available. The dimensional data listed here is the specification data and the acceptable design creep will be listed on each individual vessel. The  gundeck was {{convert|94|ft|0|in|m|abbr=off|1}} with a keel length of {{convert|76|ft|9|in|m|abbr=off|1}} for tonnage calculation. The breadth would be {{convert|26|ft|0|in|m|abbr=off|1}} for tonnage with a depth of hold of {{convert|10|ft|8|in|m|abbr=on|1}}. The tonnage calculation would be 276 tons.<ref>Winfield 2009</ref>

The gun armament as established in 1703 would be twenty 6-pounder 19 hundredweight (cwt) guns mounted on wooden trucks on the upper deck (UD) with four 4-pounder 12 cwt guns on the quarterdeck (QD). The 4-pounders would be removed in 1714.<ref>Winfield 2009</ref>

==Ships of the ''Gibraltar'' Group==

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! Name !! Builder !! Launch date !! Remarks
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| {{HMS|Solebay|1711|3}}|| Portsmouth Dockyard || 21 August 1711|| sold 23 June 1748
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| {{HMS|Gibraltar|1711|3}}|| Deptford Dockyard || 18 October 1711|| dismantled at Deptford for rebuilding
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| {{HMS|Port Mahon|1711|3}}|| Deptford Dockyard || 18 October 1711|| Broken at Plymouth May 1740
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| {{HMS|Blandford|1711|3}}|| Woolwich Dockyard || 29 October 1711|| Foundered in North Sea with all hands 23 March 1719
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| {{HMS|Hind|1712|3}}|| Woolwich Dockyard || 31 January 1712|| Wrecked off Guernsey 7 December 1721
|-
| {{HMS|Seahorse|1712|3}}|| Portsmouth Dockyard || 13 February 1712|| dismantled at Deptford for rebuilding
|-
| {{HMS|Rose|1712|3}}|| Chatham Dockyard || 24 April 1712|| dismantled at Woolwich for rebuilding
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| {{HMS|Bideford|1712|3}}|| Deptford Dockyard || 14 March 1712|| dismantled at Deptford for rebuilding
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| {{HMS|Success|1712|3}}|| Portsmouth Dockyard || 30 April 1712|| Sold Plymouth 22 July 1743
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| {{HMS|Greyhound|1712|3}}|| Woolwich Dockyard || 21 June 1712|| Taken by Spanish 5 September 1718, retaken 16 September 1719 and burnt
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| {{HMS|Lively|1713|3}}|| Plymouth Dockyard|| 28 May 1713|| Broken at Portsmouth completed in December 1738
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| {{HMS|Speedwell|1716|3}}|| Deptford Dockyard || 23 March 1716|| Wrecked on Dutch coast 21 November 1720
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==Citations==
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==References==
* Winfield 2009, British Warships in the Age of Sail (1603 – 1714), by Rif Winfield, published by Seaforth Publishing, England © 2009, EPUB {{ISBN|978-1-78346-924-6}}, Chapter 6, The Sixth Rates, Vessels acquired from 2 May 1660, Gibraltar Group
* Winfield 2007, British Warships in the Age of Sail (1714 – 1792), by Rif Winfield, published by Seaforth Publishing, England © 2007, EPUB {{ISBN|978-1-78346-925-3}}, Chapter 6, Sixth Rates, Sixth Rates of 20 or 24 guns, Vessels in Service at 1 August 1714, Gibraltar Group
* Colledge, Ships of the Royal Navy, by J.J. Colledge, revised and updated by Lt Cdr Ben Warlow and Steve Bush, published by Seaforth Publishing, Barnsley, Great Britain, © 2020, EPUB {{ISBN|978-1-5267-9328-7}}

{{Gibraltar Group}}
{{Sixth Rates of the Royal Navy 1660 to 1714}}

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