HMS Juno (1757)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Juno.

History
Great Britain
Name:	HMS Juno
Ordered:	1 June 1756
Builder:	William Alexander, Rotherhithe
Laid down:	June 1756
Launched:	29 September 1757
Completed:	6 November 1757 at Deptford Dockyard
Commissioned:	September 1757
Fate:	Burnt to avoid capture and scuttled off Rhode Island, 5 August 1778
General characteristics
Class & type:	Richmond-class fifth-rate frigate
Tons burthen:	667 ⁶⁷⁄₉₄ bm
Length:	127 ft 10 in (38.96 m) (gundeck) 107 ft 0.125 in (32.61678 m) (keel)
Beam:	34 ft 3 in (10.44 m)
Depth of hold:	11 ft 10 in (3.61 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 Juno was a 32-gun Richmond-class fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1757 and served throughout the American Revolutionary War until scuttled in 1778 to avoid capture.

References

Robert Gardiner, The First Frigates, Conway Maritime Press, London 1992. ISBN 0-85177-601-9.
David Lyon, The Sailing Navy List, Conway Maritime Press, London 1993. ISBN 0-85177-617-5.
Rif Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1714 to 1792, Seaforth Publishing, London 2007. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.

Richmond-class frigates

First batch	Richmond Juno Thames

Second batch	Lark Boston Jason

Preceded by: Southampton class Followed by: Venus class See List of frigate classes of the Royal Navy

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