Maidstone-class frigate

	Design of the Maidstone and Alcmene classes
Class overview
Name	Maidstone-class frigate
Builders	Deptford Dockyard: Martin Ware until June 1795, then Thomas Pollard
Operators	Royal Navy
Preceded by	Hermione class
Succeeded by	Thames class
Cost	Maidstone £25,108; Shannon £22,498;
Built	1795-1796
In commission	1796-1810
Planned	2
Completed	2
General characteristics
Type	Fifth-rate frigate
Tons burthen	796 17⁄94 (bm)
Length	135 ft (41.1 m) (gundeck); 112 ft 4+1⁄4 in (34.2 m) (keel);
Beam	36 ft 6 in (11.1 m)
Depth of hold	12 ft 6 in (3.8 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Complement	240
Armament	Gundeck: 26 × 12-pounder guns; QD: 4 × 6-pounder guns + 4 × 24-pounder carronades; Fc: 2 × 6-pounder guns + 2 × 24-pounder carronades;

The Maidstone-class frigate was a 32-gun 5th-rate frigate class of two ships designed by Sir John Henslow and based on his Alcmene class, ordered on 4 February 1795. The class was a close copy of the Alcmene class, but were instead constructed of pitch pine. This lighter material caused the class to be armed with 12-pound guns instead of the 18-pound guns that had been expected. Neither ship of the class had a long career, with HMS Shannon sold at Sheerness Dockyard in May 1802 and HMS Maidstone put in ordinary at Chatham Dockyard in 1804 and broken up in 1810.

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