Lowestoff class frigate

The "Lowestoffe" class of ships were designed by Sir Thomas Slade based on the prototype 28-gun frigate "Lyme" (launched in 1748), "with such alterations as may tend to the better stowing of men and carrying for guns." These alterations involved raising the headroom between decks.

Ships in class

*HMS "Lowestoffe"
** Ordered: 20 May 1755
** Builder: John Greaves, Limehouse.
** Laid Down: June 1755
** Launched: 17 May 1756
** Completed: 8 June 1756 at Deptford Dockyard.
** Fate: Wrecked at Pointe-aux-Trembles, Canada on 19 May 1760.
*HMS "Tartar"
** Ordered: 12 June 1755
** Builder: John Randall, Rotherhithe.
** Laid Down: 4 July 1755
** Launched: 3 April 1756
** Completed: 2 May 1756 at Deptford Dockyard.
** Fate: Wrecked at Puerto Plata, then burnt there 1 April 1797.

References

* David Lyon, "The Sailing Navy List", Brasseys Publications, London 1993.

* Rif Winfield, "British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1714 to 1792", Seaforth Publishing, London 2007. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6