HMS ''Hind'' was a 10-gun two-masted ''Hind''-class sloop of the

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, designed by Joseph Allin and built by Philemon Perry at Blackwall on the

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and launched on 19 April 1744. She was lost, presumed to have foundered, off

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, Nova Scotia in September 1747.

References

* * McLaughlan, Ian. ''The Sloop of War 1650-1763''. Seaforth Publishing, 2014. . * Rif Winfield (2007). ''

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, 1714-1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates''. Seaforth Publishing. . {{DEFAULTSORT:Hind (1744) Sloops of the Royal Navy 1744 ships