HMS Jamaica (1744)

History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Jamaica
Ordered	18 August 1743
Builder	Deptford Dockyard
Laid down	15 September 1743
Launched	17 July 1744
Completed	28 August 1744 at Deptford Dockyard
Commissioned	July 1744
Fate	Wrecked off Cuba on 27 January 1770
General characteristics
Class and type	Template:Sclass- sloop
Tons burthen	272 89⁄94 (bm)
Length	91 ft 5 in (27.9 m) (gundeck); 75 ft 0.75 in (22.9 m) (keel);
Beam	26 ft 1.75 in (8.0 m)
Depth of hold	12 ft 0 in (3.7 m)
Sail plan	Snow brig
Armament	10 × 6-pounder guns, later increased in 1749 to 14 x 6-pounder guns

HMS Jamaica was a 10-gun (14-gun from 1749) two-masted Hind-class sloop of the Royal Navy, designed by Joseph Allin and built by him at Deptford Dockyard on the Thames River, England and launched on 17 July 1744. She and her sister Trial were the only sloops to be built in the Royal Dockyards between 1733 and 1748.

After more than 25 years service, she was wrecked off Cuba on 27 January 1770.

References

Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
McLaughlan, Ian. The Sloop of War 1650-1763. Seaforth Publishing, 2014. ISBN 978-1-84832-187-8.
Rif Winfield (2007). British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1714-1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.