HMS Echo (1758)

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

History
Great Britain
NameEcho
Launched1757 as French frigate Écho from Nantes
CompletedMarch 1758
Acquired29 May 1758
Decommissioned1764
In service1759–1764
Out of service1764–1770
FateSold out of service, Chatham Dockyard, 5 June 1770
General characteristics
Class & type24-gun sixth-rate
Tons burthen539 54⁄94 bm
Length
  • 118 ft 2 in (36.0 m) (gundeck)
  • 96 ft 9.5 in (29.5 m) (keel)
Beam32 ft 4.5 in (9.9 m)
Depth of hold9 ft 11.5 in (3.0 m)
Complement160
Armament24 × 9-pdrs

HMS Echo was a 24-gun sixth-rate of the Royal Navy, in active service between 1758 and 1764, during the Seven Years' War.

Originally the French frigate Écho, she was captured by HMS Juno in 1758 and refitted as a privateer hunter. Stationed in the Caribbean, she captured a total of five enemy vessels over the following five years. She was declared surplus to Navy requirement at the end of the War in 1763, and was decommissioned at Chatham Dockyard. After six years at the Dockyard, she was sold out of service in 1770.

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