HMS Firm (1759) explained

HMS Firm was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 15 January 1759 at Blackwall Yard, London.

Her carpenter from 1775 was James Wallis, who had previously served aboard with Captain James Cook on his second voyage to the Pacific.^[1]

She was on harbour service from 1784, and was broken up in 1791.

References

• Book: The Journals of Captain James Cook on His Voyages of Discovery II, vol. I:The Voyage of the Resolution and Adventure 1772-1775 . Beaglehole, J.C. . John Cawte Beaglehole. 1959 . Cambridge University Press . 299995193 .
• Book: Lavery, Brian . The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. 2003 . Conway Maritime Press . 0851772528.

Notes and References

1. Beaglehole 1959, p.874