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The design Hunt came up with was the ''Perseverance''-class frigate.{{sfnp|Winfield|2007|p=972}} This was a slightly shortened equivalent of the ''Minerva'' class.{{sfnp|Winfield|2014|p=126}} The class was very similar in design to the ''Flora'' class despite the intentions for the two to be evaluated against each other, however the ''Perseverance'' design was sharper than ''Flora''.{{sfnp|Winfield|2007|p=972}}{{sfnp|Wareham|1999|p=19}} One of the most noticeable differences between the two classes was that the ''Perseverance'' class had slightly longer rails on their [[quarterdeck]]s.{{sfnp|Gardiner|1992|p=17}} Both thirty-six gun ship classes were built quite heavily and were known to be very robust in their construction, most likely because the designers had erred on the side of caution when drawing up the new ships.{{sfnp|Gardiner|1992|p=20}}
As well as this the ships would go on to be thought of very favourably in combat, because even when victualled for long journeys they provided a large amount of [[freeboard]] with which to keep guns in use. As well as this, the guns themselves were seven feet apart from each other, providing more operating space than was common.{{refn|Despite this the class, along with the other variants designed in the 1780s, were still thought to be too small for their armaments.{{sfnp|Gardiner|1999|p=45}}|group=Note}} These favourable gunnery characteristics came at a cost to the class's speed, however, but they made up for this by retaining a high level of manoeuvrability and were very [[Glossary of nautical terms (M–Z)#weatherly|weatherly]].{{sfnp|Gardiner|1992|p=20}}
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====''Phoenix''====
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[[HMS Phoenix (1783)|''Phoenix'']] was commissioned by Captain [[John Willett Payne]] in October 1787, but paid off in the following December without having gone to sea. She was then fitted out for sea service, which work was completed on 11 December 1788. While this was being completed ''Phoenix'' had been recommissioned by Captain George A. Byron in October.{{sfnp|Winfield|2007|p=974}} Under him she sailed to the East Indies Station, and on 18 November 1791 she fought and captured the French 32-gun frigate [[French frigate Résolue (1778)|''Résolue'']] in the battle of Tellicherry, despite the two nations not being at war.{{sfnp|Winfield|2007|p=974}}{{sfnp|James|1837a|pp=118–119}} ''Phoenix'' returned home to England in August 1793 and was put in for a large series of repairs at [[Deptford Dockyard]]. These took place between August 1794 and January 1796, with her having been recommissioned under Captain [[Lawrence Halstead]] in the previous October. She then sailed to serve in the [[North Sea Fleet]], where she captured the [[Batavian Republic|Batavian]] 36-gun frigate [[Dutch frigate Argo|''Argo'']] in the [[action of 12 May 1796]].{{sfnp|Winfield|2007|p=974}}{{sfnp|James|1837a|p=327}}{{sfnp|Clowes|1899|p=498}}
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====''Shannon''====
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[[HMS Shannon (1803)|''Shannon'']] was originally ordered under the name ''Pallas'', but was renamed in November 1802 and commissioned in July 1803 by Captain [[Edward Leveson-Gower]]. The frigate was sent to serve on the blockade of [[Le Havre]].{{sfnp|Winfield|2008|p=377}} While doing so she was driven onto rocks underneath the [[gun battery|gun batteries]] of [[La Hogue]] in a storm on 10 December, where she was captured by French soldiers with the loss of three crewmen. The wreck was burned by the sloop [[HMS Merlin (1803)|HMS ''Merlin'']] on 16 December.{{sfnp|Winfield|2008|p=377}}{{sfnp|Grocott|2002|p=162}}{{sfnp|James|1837b|p=206}}
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