on 9 September 1766. Third batch 9 oak-built ships Active Ordered: 6 May 1757 Built by: Thomas Stanton & Co, Rotherhithe. Keel laid: 13 June 1757 Launched: 11 January 1758 Completed: 2 March 1758 at Deptford Dockyard. Fate: Taken by the French Navy off San Domingo 1 September 1778. Aquilon Ordered: 6 May 1757 Built by: Robert Inwood, Rotherhithe. Keel laid: 15 June 1757 Launched: 25 May 1758 Completed: 30 June 1758 at Deptford Dockyard. Fate: Sold at Deptford 29 November 1776. Cerberus Ordered: 6 May 1757 Built by: Pleasant Fenn, East Cowes. Keel laid: 13 June 1757 Launched: 5 September 1758 Completed: 11 November 1758 at Portsmouth Dockyard. Fate: Burnt to prevent capture at Rhode Island 5 August 1778. Griffin Ordered: 6 May 1757 Built by: Moody Janvrin, Bursledon. Keel laid: June 1757 Launched: 18 October 1758 Completed: 13 March 1759 at Portsmouth Dockyard. Fate: Wrecked off Barbuda 27 October 1761. Levant Ordered: 6 May 1757 Built by: Henry Adams, Buckler's Hard. Keel laid: June 1757 Launched: 6 July 1758 Completed: 16 June 1759 at Portsmouth Dockyard. Fate: Taken to pieces at Deptford Dockyard in September 1780. Argo Ordered: 19 September 1757 Built by: Henry Bird, Rotherhithe. Keel laid: 22 September 1757 Launched: 20 July 1758 Completed: 29 January 1759 at Deptford Dockyard. Fate: Taken to pieces at Portsmouth Dockyard in November 1776. Milford Ordered: 19 September 1757 Built by: Richard Chitty, Milford. Keel laid: November 1757 Launched: 20 September 1759 Completed: 28 December 1759 at builder's shipyard. Fate: Sold at Woolwich Dockyard on 17 May 1785. Guadeloupe Ordered: 19 September 1757 (originally ordered from John Williams, Neyland (Pembs.), but the ordered was transferred to Plymouth Dockyard following Williams's bankruptcy in 1758.) Re-ordered: 29 June 1758 Built by: Plymouth Dockyard. Keel laid: 8 May 1759 Launched: 5 December 1763 Completed: 11 July 1764. Fate: Scuttled in York River, Virginia on 10 October 1781, but salved by the French Navy in which service she was maintained until 1786. Carysfort Ordered: 4 February 1764 Built by: Sheerness Dockyard. Keel laid: June 1764 Launched: 23 August 1766 Completed: 11 August 1767 Fate: Sold at Deptford Dockyard on 28 April 1813. Final batch 2 oak-built ships, only 1 completed Hind Ordered: 2 October 1782 Built by: Sheerness Dockyard. Keel laid: February 1783 Launched: 22 July 1785 Completed: 24 November 1787 at Deptford Dockyard. Fate: Taken to pieces at Deptford Dockyard in July 1811.