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14 October 1747: Fate: Sold for breaking up, completed by 16 February 1763: General characteristics; Class and type: 74-gun third rate ship of the line: Tons burthen: 1,590 28 ⁄ 94 bm as remeasured by the British: Length: 164 ft 3 in (50.1 m) (overall) 133 ft 11 in (40.8 m) (keel) Beam: 47 ft 3 in (14.4 m) Depth of hold: 20 ft 7.5 in (6.29 m ...
In July 1747, the Spanish ship of the line Glorioso, launched at Havana in 1739 and completed in 1740, and under the command of Captain Pedro Messia de la Cerda, was returning to Spain from America, carrying a large shipment of about four million silver dollars, when on 25 July, off the island of Flores, one of the Azores, a British merchant convoy was sighted blurred by the fog.
The list of ship launches in 1747 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1747. Date ... Sceptre-class ship of the line: For French Navy. [5] March
A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed during the Age of Sail from the 17th century to the mid-19th century. The ship of the line was designed for the naval tactic known as the line of battle, which involved the two columns of opposing warships manoeuvering to volley fire with the cannons along their broadsides.
HMS St Albans was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Deptford Dockyard to the draught specified by the 1745 Establishment, and launched on 23 December 1747. [1] St Albans served until 1765, when she was sold out of the Navy. [1]
HMS Monarch was originally the 74-gun ship of the line Monarque of the French Navy launched in March 1747. Captured on 14 October 1747, she was taken into Royal Navy service as the third rate HMS Monarch. Monarque was built during the War of the Austrian Succession at Brest to a design by Blaise Ollivier, but lasted only a few months in French ...
HMS Tiger or Tygre was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Rotherhithe to the draught specified by the 1745 Establishment and launched on 23 November 1747. [ 1 ] Naval service
This is a list of ships of the line of the Royal Navy of England, and later (from 1707) of Great Britain, and the United Kingdom.The list starts from 1660, the year in which the Royal Navy came into being after the restoration of the monarchy under Charles II, up until the emergence of the battleship around 1880, as defined by the Admiralty.