| Name: | SOLEBAY |
| Type: | Frigate |
| Keel: | 10/05/1762 |
| Launched: | 09/09/1763 |
| Completed: | 12/1763 |
| Builder: | Thomas Airey & Co |
| Yard: | Newcastle |
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 619tonsb,124.0 x 33.7 x ?ft |
| Engines: | None |
| Engines by: | n/a |
| Propulsion: | Sail, rigged as a Ship |
| Construction: | Wood |
| Armament: | 24 x 1 x 9pdr, 4 x 1 x 3pdr guns |
| History: | |
| 12/1763 | British Royal Navy |
| 25/01/1782 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | A memberof the MERMAID Class of sixth-rate frigates |
| She was probably built at Howdon by Francis Hurry an associate of Airey | |
| 15/03/1764: Completed at Sheerness Royal Dockyard | |
| 25/01/1782: Wrecked off the island of Nevis whilst with British fleet | |
| Abandoned & set on fire to prevent capure by French fleet. |
SOLEBAY in pursuit of the American vessel PROVIDENCE. Image is copyright of Roy Cross
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