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Name: SIREN
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 29/07/1779
Completed: 1780
Builder: John Baker
Yard: Howdon Pans
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 513bm, 114.3 x 32.0 x 10.3ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, Full rigged ship
Construction: Wood
Armament: 22 x 9pdr & 2 x 6pdr guns
History:
1780 British Royal Navy
01/1781 Wrecked
Comments: 1780: Built as a 22 gun frigate of the PORCUPINE Class
04/03/1780: Completed at Sheerness Dockyard
01/1781: Wrecked off Seaford