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Arethusa

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Name: Arethusa
Class: Fifth Rate
Type: frigate
Builder: Hillhouse, James Martin
When launched (Date built): 1781
Place built: United Kingdom, England, Bristol

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38-gun, acquired in 1781 and broken up in 1814.

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Hillhouse, James Martin

Builder

Hunt, Edward

Designer

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The Arethusa Frigate scudding under Foresail in a STORM, with a View of Plymouth, and Maker Church at a distance.

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