HMS Peregrine

Overview
Rating: 5th rate

Class: Falcon-class fifth-rate frigate

Shipyard: Sheerness

Launched: September 3rd, 1711

Status: Lost at sea during a routine patrol off the coast of Roseau.

Armament
Total Guns: 32

Topdeck: 10 x 6lbs

Gundeck: 20 x 11lbs

Stern Chasers: 2 x 12lbs

Broadside Weight: 140lbs

Crew: 225

Commanders
Current Captain: -

Previous Captains:

January, 1720 - February, 1720: Captain Collister

August 15th, 1715 - January, 1720: Captain Philip Hill

February 13th, 1712 - August 14th, 1715: Captain William Galwey

September 3rd, 1711 - February 12th, 1712: Captain James Browne

Ship History
Launched in 1711 as one of the two frigates built at Sheerness that year, the Peregrine was a light 32-gun fifth-rate. She served her first six years escorting Company ships. This was not her true calling however, and when, in 1717, she was stationed off Salee (Morocco) she proved her value as an interceptor frigate. The Peregine engaged the corsairs of the Barbary Coast with such success that she was sent to Caribbean waters, which were now rapidly growing in importance.

Arriving in Port Royal in January, 1720, she was given to Captain Collister under whom she only served very briefly. During one of her routine patrols in the Antilles she struck a reef in shallow waters and settled beyond chance of saviour. Captain Collister was found innocent of negligence at the court-martial and moved on to other commands.