HMS Boreas (1757) after periods at sea, averaging £1,573 in repairs for each year of service compared with £1,261 for comparable vessels built from oak. The frigate was named after Boreas, the Greek god of the north wind and bringer of winter. The naming followed a trend initiated in 1748 by John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, in his capacity as First Lord of the Admiralty, of using figures from classical antiquity as descriptors for naval vessels. A total of six "Coventry"-class vessels were named in this manner; a further ten were named after geographic features including regions, English or Irish rivers, or
HMS Boreas (1774) station. Horatio Nelson (who was created 1st Viscount Nelson 1801) was Senior Naval Officer of the Leeward Islands from 1784 to 1787 on the Boreas. The Boreas was used as a slop ship from 1797 until its breakup. HMS Boreas (1774) HMS "Boreas" was a modified sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was first commissioned in August 1775 under Captain Charles Thompson. On 31 August 1779 "Boreas", under the command of Captain Charles Thompson, captured the French corvette "Compas", of eighteen 6-pounder guns, which was carrying a cargo of sugar. "Compas", which was armed "en flute", put up resistance