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Eurydice (24) 1781-1834
British 24 Gun
6th Rate Ship
(1781)
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British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
(1793)
Lively (Unknown) 1784-1784
British Unknown Gun
Unrated Cutter
(1784)
La Manche (20) 1800-1800
French 20 Gun
Privateer Unknown
(1800)
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6th Rate Ship
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Infernal Class

Nationality	Great Britain
Nominal Guns	8
Approved	1756/11
Designer	Sir Thomas SladeBritish Designer Ship Builder Dockyard Staff Service 1744-1783
Rate	Unrated
Type	Bomb Vessel
Designed Crew	60
Ships in Class	7

Design Armament	Broadside Weight = 27.50 Imperial Pound ( 12.47 kg)		BWAS-1714
Gun Deck	14 x British 1/2-Pound Swivel
Gun Deck	1 x British 10" Mortar
Gun Deck	8 x British 6-Pounder
Gun Deck	1 x British 13" Mortar

Design Dimensions and Ship Information
	Ordered	Shipyard	Launched	Out of service	Fate	Gundeck Length	Length of Keel	Breadth	Depth in hold	Burthen
As Designed						91' 6"	74' 1 ¼"	27' 6"	12' 1"	298 ²²⁄₉₄
Infernal (8) 1757-1774 British 8 Gun Unrated Bomb Vessel	5.10.1756	Northam - Devon	4.7.1757	26.10.1774	Sold	91' 6"	75' 0 ⅝"	27' 9"	12' 1"	307 ³⁹⁄₉₄
Terror (8) 1759-1774 British 8 Gun Unrated Bomb Vessel	21.9.1758	King's Yard - Harwich	16.1.1759	9.8.1774	Sold	91' 6"	74' 1 ¾"	27' 8"	12' 1"	301 ⁸³⁄₉₄
Carcass (8) 1759-1784 British 8 Gun Unrated Bomb Vessel	21.9.1758	Rotherhithe - London - Surrey	27.1.1759	5.8.1784	Sold	91' 8"	74' 2 ⅜"	28' 0"	12' 1 ½"	309 ³⁹⁄₉₄
Basilisk (8) 1759-1762 British 8 Gun Unrated Bomb Vessel	21.9.1758	Deptford - London	10.2.1759	29.10.1762	Captured	91' 7"	74' 4 ⅜"	27' 8"	12' 1"	301 ⁸³⁄₉₄
Blast (8) 1759-1771 British 8 Gun Unrated Bomb Vessel	21.9.1758	Northam - Devon	27.2.1759	10.1771	Broken Up	91' 6"	74' 0"	27' 9"	12' 1"	303 ¹⁰⁄₉₄
Mortar (8) 1759-1774 British 8 Gun Unrated Bomb Vessel	21.9.1758	Deptford - London	14.3.1759	2.9.1774	Sold	92' 0"	74' 8 ¼"	28' 1"	12' 1 ¾"	313 ³⁰⁄₉₄
Thunder (8) 1759-1774 British 8 Gun Unrated Bomb Vessel	21.9.1758	Chatham - Kent	15.3.1759	2.9.1774	Sold	91' 6"	74' 1 ¾"	27' 8 ¼"	12' 1"	302 ³²⁄₉₄

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

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Monday 15th of June 2026 19:02	Jon Miller	British Sixth Rate ship 'Eurydice' (1781) (24) 1781-1834 British 24 Gun 6th Rate Ship
Monday 15th of June 2026 18:59	Jon Miller	British Fifth Rate frigate 'Topaze' (1793) (32) 1793-1814 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate
Monday 15th of June 2026 18:51	Jon Miller	British cutter 'Lively' (1784) (Unknown) 1784-1784 British Unknown Gun Unrated Cutter
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