HMS Dreadnought (1742)
HMS Dreadnought was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built according to the 1733 proposals of the 1719 Establishment at Deptford, and was launched on 23 June 1742.[1] Dreadnought served until 1784, when she was sold out of the service.[1]
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| Name: | HMS Dreadnought |
| Ordered: | 5 December 1740 |
| Builder: | Wells, Deptford |
| Launched: | 23 June 1742 |
| Fate: | Sold 1784 |
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| Name: | Dreadnought |
| Namesake: | Previous name retained |
| Fate: | Foundered 1803 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type: | 1733 proposals 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 1093 (bm) |
| Length: | 144 ft (43.9 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 41 ft 5 in (12.6 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 16 ft 11 in (5.2 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
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Retaining her name, Dreadnought operated as a merchant ship after her naval service until she foundered in the English Channel 3 leagues — 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi) — south of North Foreland, Kent, England, in 1803.[2]
Notes
- Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 171.
- Larn, Richard (1977). Goodwin Sands Shipwrecks. Newton Abbott: David and Charles. p. 69. ISBN 0 7153 7202 5.
References
- Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
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