HMS Exeter (1763)

HMS Exeter was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 26 July 1763 at Chatham Dockyard.[1]

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Exeter.

History
Great Britain
Name: HMS Exeter
Ordered: 13 January 1761
Builder: Henniker, Chatham
Launched: 26 July 1763
Fate: Burned, 1784
Notes:
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: Exeter-class ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1,340 tons
Length: 158 ft 9 in (48.39 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 44 ft (13 m)
Depth of hold: 19 ft 1 in (5.82 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:
  • 64 guns:
  • Gundeck: 26 × 24 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 10 × 4 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 9 pdrs

In 1782, Exeter was involved in the battles of Sadras, Providien, Negapatam and Trincomalee, and the Battle of Cuddalore in 1783.[2]

In 1783, after peace returned between France and England and the British squadron was recalled, Exeter ran aground arriving at the Cape of Good Hope.[3] The French squadron under Suffren had been anchored there for a few days, and both the British and French ships launched their boats to provide assistance.[4]

In 1784 she was found to be unseaworthy, and was burned.[1]

Notes, citations, and references

Notes

    Citations

    1. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p178.
    2. https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A_Naval_Biographical_Dictionary/Stoddart,_Pringle
    3. Cunat, p.338
    4. Hennequin, p.329

    References

    • Cunat, Charles (1852). Histoire du Bailli de Suffren. Rennes: A. Marteville et Lefas. p. 447.
    • Hennequin, Joseph François Gabriel (1835). Biographie maritime ou notices historiques sur la vie et les campagnes des marins célèbres français et étrangers (in French). 2. Paris: Regnault éditeur. p. 289 — 332.
    • 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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