HMS Port Mahon (1711)

HMS Port Mahon was a member of the Gibraltar Group of 24-gun sixth rates. After commissioning she spent her career in home waters and North America on trade protection duties. She was broken up at Plymouth in May 1740.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Port Mahon.

History
Great Britain
NameHMS Port Mahon
Ordered24 January 1711
BuilderRoyal Dockyard, Deptford
Launched18 October 1711
Commissioned1712
FateBroken at Plymouth in May 1740
General characteristics
Type24-gun Sixth Rate
Tons burthen280+23⁄94 bm
Length
  • 94 ft 0 in (28.7 m) gundeck
  • 76 ft 9 in (23.4 m) keel for tonnage
Beam26 ft 0 in (7.9 m) for tonnage
Depth of hold11 ft 7 in (3.5 m)
Armament
  • 20 x 6-pdr 19 cwt guns on wooden trucks (UD)
  • 4 x 4-pdrs 12 cwt guns on wooden trucks (QD)

Port Mahon was the first vessel of that name in the Royal Navy.

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