HMS Latona (1781)
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| Career (UK) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Latona |
| Operator: | Royal Navy |
| Ordered: | 22 March 1779 |
| Builder: | Edward Greaves's yard at Limehouse |
| Laid down: | October 1779 |
| Launched: | 13 March 1781 |
| Commissioned: | 21 April 1781 (after fitting out at Deptford Dockyard) |
| Fate: | 1813 hulked. 1816 sold. |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen: | 944 20/94 bm |
| Length: | 141 ft 3 in (43.05 m) |
| Beam: | 38 ft 11.75 in (11.8809 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sail |
| Complement: | 270 (raised to 280 on 25 April 1780) |
| Armament: |
UD: Twenty-eight 18-pounder guns QD: Eight 6-pounder guns, six 18-pounder carronades FC: Two 6-pounder guns, four 18-pounder carronades Also 14 swivels |
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.
Latona, commanded by T.L.M. Gosselin, captured the Spanish ketch Amphion, armed with 12 guns and 70 men at sea 22 October 1805.
At the Action of 10 February 1809, Latona was involved in the capture of HMS Junon in the West Indies.
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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