HMS Endymion (1779)

Endymion's sister ship HMS Argo
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Endymion
Ordered	2 February 1778
Builder	Edward Greaves, Limehouse
Cost	£19,820[1]
Laid down	18 March 1778
Launched	28 August 1779
Completed	5 November 1779
Commissioned	July 1779
Fate	Wrecked 22 August 1790
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Roebuck-class fifth-rate
Tons burthen	893 59⁄94 (bm)
Length	140 ft (42.7 m) (gundeck) 115 ft 7 in (35.2 m) (keel)
Beam	38 ft 1+1⁄2 in (11.6 m)
Draught	10 ft 3 in (3.1 m) (forward) 14 ft 2 in (4.3 m) (aft)
Depth of hold	16 ft 4 in (5 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Complement	300
Armament	Lower deck: 20 × 18-pounder guns Upper deck: 22 × 9-pounder guns Quarterdeck: Nil Forecastle: 2 × 6-pounder guns

HMS Endymion was a 44-gun fifth-rate Roebuck-class ship of the Royal Navy launched in 1779. Based on the design of HMS Roebuck, the class was built for use off the coast of North America during the American Revolutionary War. Commissioned by Captain Philip Carteret, Endymion spent the war serving in the English Channel and West Indies. There, she was damaged in the Great Hurricane of 1780. Sent to England for repairs, Endymion returned to the West Indies in 1782, repeating signals at the Battle of the Saintes. She was present but not engaged at the action of 2 January 1783, before being paid off towards the end of the year.

Endymion was recommissioned as an en flute troopship in 1787, conveying various regiments of foot to the West Indies, Ireland, and North America. On 22 August 1790, under the command of Lieutenant Daniel Woodriff, Endymion was carrying supplies to the Turks and Caicos Islands when she struck an uncharted rock off Turks Island. Unable to dislodge the ship, Woodriff abandoned Endymion on the following day.