HMS Woolwich (1749)

History
Great Britain
Name: Woolwich
Builder: Moody Janverin and John Darley, Bucklers Hard, Hampshire
Launched: 7 March 1749
Fate: Sold on 30 December 1762
General characteristics
Class and type: fourth rate
Tons burthen: 825 long tons (838.2 t)
Length: 133.5 ft (40.7 m)
Beam: 38 ft (11.6 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament: 44 guns of various weights of shot

HMS Woolwich was a 44-gun fourth rate ship of the Royal Navy. She was built by Moody Janverin and John Darley at Bucklers Hard on the Beaulieu River in Hampshire, England and launched 7 March 1749. She took part in the unsuccessful attack on Martinique in January 1759.[1]

She was sold on 30 December 1762.

References

  1. ↑ Clowes, William Laird (1996) [1900]. The Royal Navy, A History from the Earliest Times to 1900, Volume III. London: Chatham Publishing. p. 201. ISBN 1-86176-012-4.
  • Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
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