HMS Vestal (1757)

History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Vestal
Ordered	25 May 1756
Builder	John Barnard & John Turner, Harwich
Laid down	June 1756
Launched	17 June 1757
Completed	17 August 1757
Commissioned	April 1757
Fate	Taken to pieces at Deptford, June 1775
General characteristics
Class and type	Southampton-class fifth-rate frigate
Tons burthen	659 11⁄94 bm
Length	124 ft 4 in (37.90 m) (gundeck) 102 ft 1.5 in (31.13 m) (keel)
Beam	34 ft 10 in (10.62 m)
Depth of hold	12 ft 0 in (3.66 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

HMS Vestal was one of the four 32-gun Southampton-class fifth-rate frigates of the Royal Navy. She was built at King's Yard in Harwich by John Barnard and launched in 1757. She was broken up in 1775.^[1]