HMS Latona (1781)

HMS Latona (1781)

HMS "Latona" was a 38-gun, 18-pounder gun armed fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was designed by the senior surveyor John Williams. In this era it was common for each surveyor to produce independent designs for new ship types, and this design was a counterpoint to Edward Hunt's HMS "Minerva"; together the two draughts represent the prototype of the thirty-eight gun, 18-pounder armed frigate.

References

* Robert Gardiner, "The Heavy Frigate", Conway Maritime Press, London 1994.
* Rif Winfield, "British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1793-1817", Chatham Publishing, London 2005.


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