HMS Leith (1777)
HMS Leith, also known as HM hired armed ship Leith, was launched in 1744 or 1746 in the British "Plantations", more specifically, the colony of Maryland. From 1764 to 1777 she was a Greenlandman, that is a whaler, in the waters east of Greenland. Between 1777 and 1782 she served the Royal Navy as a transport and hired armed naval ship. She was last listed in 1783.
| History | |
|---|---|
| Great Britain | |
| Name | Leith |
| Namesake | Leith |
| Launched | 1744, or 1746 |
| Commissioned | November 1777 |
| Decommissioned | July 1782 |
| Fate | Last listed 1783 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 333, or 335 (bm) |
| Armament | 20 × 6-pounder guns |
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