Gibraltar Group

Class overview
Name	Gibraltar Group
Builders	Woolwich Dockyard
Operators	Royal Navy
Preceded by	Flamborough Group
Succeeded by	1719 Establishment Group
Built	1710–1716
In service	1706–1748
Completed	12
Lost	3
Retired	9
General characteristics
Type	24-gun sixth rate
Tons burthen	276 bm
Length	94 ft 0 in (28.7 m) gundeck; 76 ft 9 in (23.4 m) keel for tonnage;
Beam	26 ft 0 in (7.9 m) for tonnage
Depth of hold	10 ft 8 in (3.3 m)
Sail plan	ship-rigged
Armament	20 x 6-pdr 19 cwt guns on wooden trucks (UD); 4 x 4-pdr 12 cwt guns on wooden trucks (QD);

The Gibraltar Group of sixth rates were basically repeats of the Maidstone Group. Ten ships were ordered with one of a slightly different design (but basically the same) and another added in 1711, for a total of twelve vessels. Their armament was similar as were the dimensions of the vessels. They were constructed between 1710 and 1716.

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