HMS Panther

Survived

Type	Ship of the line
Rate	Fourth rate
Guns	60 guns
War	American War of Independence

60-gun ship, at Cape Spartel. Broken up in 1813.

The British won control of Sint Eustatius (Saint Eustatius), in a naval battle against the Dutch in 1781. Sint Eustatius (Saint Eustatius), one of the Caribbean islands under the control of the Dutch during the eighteenth century, was at the centre of the arms trade supplying the British colonies. Photo: D. Vrydag (engraver), Gerrit Groenewegen (artist), Francois Bohn (publisher), Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

60 guns

Gundeck: 24 × 24 pdrs
Upper gundeck: 26 × 12 pdrs
Quarterdeck: 8 × 6 pdrs
Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

Builder	Martin and Henniker, Chatham
Laid down	June 1756
Launched	22 June 1758
Commissioned	3 September 1758
Length	154 ft 0 in (46.94 m) (gundeck) 127 ft 0 in (38.71 m) (keel)
Complement	420

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

22 June 1758

Battle of Cape Spartel

Survived

20 October 1782

Fate

Survived

Broken up at Portsmouth Dockyard, November 1813