HMS Alarm (1758)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Alarm.
HMS Alarm was a 32-gun fifth-rate Niger-class frigate of the Royal Navy, and was the first Royal Navy ship to bear this name. She was built at King's Yard in Harwich by John Barnard.[1]
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Name | HMS Alarm |
Builder | Barnard, Harwich |
Launched | 19 September 1758 |
Fate | Broken up September 1812 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Niger-class fifth-rate frigate |
Tons burthen | 683 bm |
Length | 125 ft (38 m) |
Beam | 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
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Copper-sheathed in 1761, she was the first ship in the Royal Navy to have a fully copper-sheathed hull.[2][3]