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Name: SYREN or SIREN
Type: Frigate - 6th Rate
Keel: 21/01/1778
Launched: 29/07/1779
Completed: 11/1779
Builder: Francis Hurry & Co
Yard: Howdon Dock
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 514tonsb, 94.25 x 32.0 x 10.25ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Ship
Construction: Wood
Armament: 22 x 1 x 9pdr, 2 x 1 x 6pdr guns
History:
1779 British Royal Navy
26/01/1781 Wrecked
Comments: Also seen as built by James Baker at Howdon
A member of the Porcupine Class
26/01/1781: Wrecked Crookmere Haven, Deptford