HMS Greenwich (1777)

History
British East India Company
Name	Greenwich
Namesake	Greenwich
Owner	EIC voyage #1:John Henniker; EIC voyage #2:Thomas Debuke; EIC voyages #3&4:F Atherton Hindley;
Builder	John & William Wells, Deptford
Launched	1766
Fate	Sold to the Royal Navy 1777
Great Britain
Name	HMS Greenwich
Completed	12 December 1777 at Deptford Dockyard
Acquired	September 1777
Commissioned	September 1777
Decommissioned	March 1783
In service	1777–1779; 1779–1783;
Fate	Sold at Deptford Dockyard, 10 April 1783
General characteristics
Class and type	26-gun sixth-rate frigate
Tons burthen	676, or 75348⁄94, or 754 bm
Length	Overall:140 ft 9 in (42.9 m), or 145 ft 6 in (44.3 m) ; Keel:116 ft 9 in (35.6 m);
Beam	34 ft 10 in (10.6 m), 35 ft 0 in (10.7 m)
Depth of hold	13 ft 10 in (4.2 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	200 from 1777–1779; 160 from 1780–1783;
Armament	Upper deck: 20 × 9-pounder guns; Forecastle: 2 × 6-pounder guns (from 1779);

HMS Greenwich was the East Indiaman Greenwich, launched in 1766 that made four voyages to India for the British East India Company. The Royal Navy purchased her in 1777 for use as a frigate during the American Revolutionary War, but then converted her to a storeship and receiving ship . She saw service in North American waters and off the English port of Sheerness between 1777 and 1783, but was ultimately declared surplus to requirements and sold into private hands at Deptford Dockyard.

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