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====Construction and armament====

Five vessels were initially ordered to be built in the United Kingdom, starting with the first ship of the revival, [[HMS Tribune (1803)|''Tribune'']].{{sfnp|Winfield|2008|p=376}} The first two vessels were built in civilian dockyards as favours to the loyalties of the owners, but all other ships of the class were built in Royal Dockyards, reflecting St Vincent's distrust of most civilian dockyards.{{sfnp|Gardiner|2000|p=10}} In the following year two more ships of the class were ordered, but these were to be built of [[teak]] in [[Bombay Dockyard]] by contract with the [[East India Company]], and despite requests from the Admiralty for the builders to stay within the designated measurements for the class, these two ships ended up significantly different to the rest of the class, especially in terms of their beam.{{sfnp|Winfield|2008|p=376}}{{sfnp|Gardiner|2000|p=12}} As such Gardiner argues that these should be considered as only half-sisters to the rest of the ''Perseverance'' class.{{sfnp|Gardiner|2000|p=141}} In May 1808 the final ship of the original group of five ordered was completed, and in response to this a final frigate was ordered to be built to the same design,. withThe thisnaval finalhistorian ''Perseverance''-classRif frigate being launched in 1811.{{refn|Winfield suggests that this finalship, orderwhile wascompleted inand factlaunched ain mistake1811, albeitwas itin wentfact aheada despitemistaken thisorder.{{sfnp|Winfield|2014|p=134}}|group=Note}}{{sfnp|Winfield|2008|p=376}}

The second iteration of the ''Perseverance'' class were constructed, apart from the two Bombay ships, to the following dimensions: {{convert|137|ft|m|1}} along the gun deck, {{convert|113|ft|2+1/2|in|m|1}} at the keel, with a beam of {{convert|38|ft|m|1}} and a depth in the hold of {{convert|13|ft|5|in|m|1}}. They were to measure 869 {{small|{{Fraction|50|94}}}} tons burthen, and their crew complement was set slightly lower than the original iteration of the class; at 260, but by 1815 this had been raised to 264.{{sfnp|Winfield|2008|p=376}} The first Bombay ship, [[HMS Salsette (1805)|''Salsette'']], was particularly unique when compared to her sister ships: she measured {{convert|137|ft|m|1}} along the gun deck, {{convert|112|ft|11|in|m|1}} at the keel, with a beam of {{convert|38|ft|9|in|m|1}} and a depth in the hold of {{convert|13|ft|7|in|m|1}}. She weighed 901 {{small|{{Fraction|82|94}}}} tons burthen.{{sfnp|Winfield|2008|p=378}}