HMS Trial (1744)

HMS Trial or Tryall was a 10-gun (later 14-gun) two-masted Hind-class sloop of the Royal Navy, designed by Joseph Allin and built by him at Deptford Dockyard on the Thames River, England. She was launched on 17 July 1744. She and her sister ship, Jamaica, were the only sloops to be built in the Royal Dockyards between 1733 and 1748.

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

HMS Tryall
History
Great Britain
NameHMS Trial
Ordered18 August 1743
BuilderDeptford Dockyard
Laid down15 September 1743
Launched17 July 1744
Completed28 August 1744 at Deptford Dockyard
CommissionedJuly 1744
FateBroken up at Woolwich on 3 January 1776
General characteristics
Class and typeHind-class sloop
Tons burthen272 46⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • 91 ft 6 in (27.9 m) (gundeck)
  • 74 ft 11.75 in (22.9 m) (keel)
Beam26 ft 1.75 in (8.0 m)
Depth of hold12 ft 0.75 in (3.7 m)
Sail planSnow brig
Armament10 × 6-pounder guns, later increased to 14 x 6-pounder guns

After more than 28 years service, she was paid off at Woolwich Dockyard in August 1772, and broken up there on 3 January 1776.

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