A drawing of Pegasus, 1775
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Pegasus
Ordered	10 April 1775
Builder	Chatham Dockyard
Laid down	May 1775
Launched	27 December 1776
Commissioned	December 1776
Fate	Lost, presumed foundered in a storm in October 1777
General characteristics
Class and type	Swan-class ship-sloop
Tons burthen	301 87⁄94 bm
Length	96 ft 7 in (29.4 m) (gundeck) 78 ft 10 in (24.0 m) (keel)
Beam	26 ft 10 in (8.2 m)
Depth of hold	12 ft 10 in (3.91 m)
Complement	125
Armament	14 x 6-pounder guns

HMS Pegasus was a 14-gun ship sloop of the Swan class, launched on 27 December 1776. She was commissioned the same month under Commander John Hamilton Gore and - after completing on 3 March 1777 - sailed for Newfoundland on 3 April. She was lost with all hands in a storm off Newfoundland in October.

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
• Winfield, Rif, British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714-1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing, 2007. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.

External links

• Media related to HMS Pegasus (ship, 1776) at Wikimedia Commons

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