HMS Alarm (1758)

HMS Alarm was a 32-gun fifth-rate Niger-class frigate of the Royal Navy, and was the first Royal Navy ship to bear this name. She was built at King's Yard in Harwich by John Barnard.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Alarm.

Alarm conducting a Spanish prize into Gibraltar
History
Great Britain
NameHMS Alarm
BuilderBarnard, Harwich
Launched19 September 1758
FateBroken up September 1812
General characteristics
Class and typeNiger-class fifth-rate frigate
Tons burthen683 bm
Length125 ft (38 m)
Beam35 ft 6 in (10.82 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • Upperdeck: 26 × 12-pounder guns
  • QD: 4 × 6-pounder guns
  • Fc: 2 × 6-pounder guns

Copper-sheathed in 1761, she was the first ship in the Royal Navy to have a fully copper-sheathed hull.

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