History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Panther
Ordered	25 May 1756
Builder	Martin and Henniker, Chatham
Laid down	June 1756
Launched	22 June 1758
Commissioned	3 September 1758
In service	1758–1765 1771–1774 1777–1783 1807–1813
Fate	Broken up at Portsmouth Dockyard, November 1813
General characteristics
Class and type	Edgar-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	128559⁄94 bm
Length	154 ft 0 in (46.94 m) (gundeck) 127 ft 0 in (38.71 m) (keel)
Beam	43 ft 7 in (13.28 m)
Depth of hold	18 ft 4 in (5.59 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	420
Armament	60 guns: Gundeck: 24 × 24 pdrs Upper gundeck: 26 × 12 pdrs Quarterdeck: 8 × 6 pdrs Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

HMS Panther was a 60-gun fourth-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 22 June 1758 at Chatham Dockyard.^[1]

She served during the Seven Years' War, sailing for the far east to take part in the expedition against Manila. On 31 October 1761 Panther and the Coventry-class 24-gun sixth-rate Argo captured the Spanish galleon Spanish ship Santísima Trinidad in a two-hour action, loaded with cargo valued at $1.5 million.^[2]

Panther was fitted as a prison hulk at Plymouth Dockyard from 1807, and was broken up in 1813.^[1]