HMS Minerva (1759) (1st)
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This the first ship to carry the name HMS Minerva was a fifth
rate, 32-gun, ship. Built by Quallet of Rotherhithe, launched 17-Jan-1759, 124ft 6in long, 35ft wide and of 664 tons builders measurement. Captured by the French ship Concorde 28-Aug-1778. Recaptured 04-Jan 1781 and renamed HMS Recovery. Sold 30-Dec-1784. Won the Battle Honour: Quiberon Bay 1759.
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