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British naval vessel (1757–1778)
For other ships with the same name, see
HMS Juno.
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/The_Royal_Navy_%281907%29_%2814753192786%29.jpg/300px-The_Royal_Navy_%281907%29_%2814753192786%29.jpg) HMS Juno
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History |
Great Britain |
Name | HMS Juno |
Ordered | 1 June 1756 |
Builder | William Alexander,
Rotherhithe |
Laid down | June 1756 |
Launched | 29 September 1757 |
Completed | 6 November 1757 at Deptford Dockyard |
Commissioned | September 1757 |
Fate | Burnt to avoid capture and scuttled off Rhode Island, 5 August 1778 |
General characteristics |
Class and type |
Richmond-class
fifth-rate
frigate |
Tons burthen | 667 67⁄94
bm |
Length |
- 127 ft 10 in (38.96 m) (gundeck)
- 107 ft 0.125 in (32.61678 m) (keel)
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Beam | 34 ft 3 in (10.44 m) |
Depth of hold | 11 ft 10 in (3.61 m) |
Sail plan |
Full-rigged ship |
Complement | 210 officers and men |
Armament |
- 32 guns comprising
- Upperdeck: 26 × 12-pounder guns
- Quarterdeck: 4 × 6-pounder guns
- Forecastle: 2 × 6-pounder guns
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HMS Juno was a 32-gun
Richmond-class
fifth-rate
frigate of the
Royal Navy. She was launched in 1757 and served throughout the
American Revolutionary War until scuttled in 1778 to avoid capture. On 5 June, 1777 she,
HMS Juno, and
HMS Orpheus recaptured privateer brig "Lucy" 15 Leagues off
Nantucket.
[1] On 9 July, 1777 she captured Betsy in Boston Bay.
[2] On 9 January, 1778 she captured French snow David 3-4 miles off the north east tip of Block Island.
[3] She engaged
USS Providence during Providence's escape from
Providence, Rhode Island 30 April 1778.
[4]
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- 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.