HMS Triton (1773)

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

History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Triton
Ordered	25 December 1770
Builder	Henry Adams, Bucklers Hard
Laid down	February 1771
Launched	1 October 1773
Completed	4 November 1775 at Portsmouth Dockyard
Commissioned	August 1775
Fate	Taken to pieces at Deptford in January 1796
General characteristics
Class and type	Modified Template:Sclass-
Displacement	620 21⁄94 (bm)
Length	124 ft 1 in (37.82 m) (gundeck) 103 ft 4.625 in (31.51188 m) (keel)
Beam	33 ft 7 in (10.24 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	200 officers and men
Armament	28 guns comprising Upper deck: 24 × 9-pounder cannon Quarterdeck 4 × 3-pounder cannon 12 swivels.

HMS Triton was a modified Template:Sclass- sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was first commissioned in August 1775 under Captain Skeffington Lutwidge.

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.