HMS Firm (1759)

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

History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Firm
Ordered	11 August 1756
Builder	Perry, Blackwall Yard
Launched	15 January 1759
Fate	Sold out of the service, 1791
Notes	Harbour service from 1784
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Edgar-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	1297 tons
Length	154 ft (47 m) (gundeck)
Beam	43 ft 6 in (13.26 m)
Depth of hold	18 ft 4 in (5.59 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	60 guns: Gundeck: 24 × 24 pdrs Upper gundeck: 26 × 12 pdrs Quarterdeck: 8 × 6 pdrs Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

HMS Firm was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 15 January 1759 at Blackwall Yard, London.^[1]

Her carpenter from 1775 was James Wallis, who had previously served aboard HMS Resolution with Captain James Cook on his second voyage to the Pacific.^[2]

She was on harbour service from 1784, and was broken up in 1791.^[1]

Citations

1. Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 177.
2. Beaglehole 1959, p.874

References

• Beaglehole, J.C., ed. (1959). The Journals of Captain James Cook on His Voyages of Discovery II, vol. I:The Voyage of the Resolution and Adventure 1772-1775. Cambridge University Press. OCLC 299995193.
• Lavery, Brian (2003). The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0851772528.