HMS Maidstone (1758)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Maidstone.

History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Maidstone
Ordered	3 September 1756
Builder	Thomas Seward, Rochester
Laid down	1 October 1756
Launched	9 February 1758
Completed	7 April 1758 at Chatham Dockyard
Commissioned	January 1758
Fate	Taken to pieces at Sheerness July 1794
General characteristics
Class and type	28-gun Coventry-class sixth-rate frigate
Tons burthen	593 14⁄94 bm
Length	118 ft 4 in (36.1 m) (gundeck) 97 ft 5 in (29.7 m) (keel)
Beam	33 ft 10 in (10.3 m)
Depth of hold	10 ft 6 in (3.20 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	200 officers and men
Armament	28 guns comprising: Upperdeck: 24 × 9-pounder guns Quarterdeck: 4 × 3-pounder guns 12 × ½-pdr swivel guns

HMS Maidstone was a 28-gun Coventry-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy.

References

• 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.
• Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships of the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 1-86176-246-1.