HMS Stirling Castle (1775)
HMS Stirling Castle was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 28 June 1775 at Chatham.[1]
 The unfortunate Loss of His Majesty's Ship Stirling Castle - after having been dismasted in the Great Hurricane Octr 6th 1780 - was wrecked near the Silver Keys, off the NE end of Island Hispaniola, by William Elliott and Valentine Green | |
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| Name: | Stirling Castle |
| Ordered: | 12 October 1768 |
| Builder: | Chatham Dockyard |
| Laid down: | October 1769 |
| Launched: | 28 June 1775 |
| Fate: | Wrecked, 5 October 1780 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type: | Worcester-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 1377 21⁄94 (bm) |
| Length: | 159 ft (48 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 44 ft 6 in (13.56 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 19 ft 10 in (6.05 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
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She was wrecked on 5 October 1780 on the Silver Keys, off Cap François, off the coast of Cuba with the loss of most of her crew.[2] As the Massachusetts ship Aurora was sailing from Boston to Port-au-Prince she came upon the wreckage of Stirling Castle and was able to save a midshipman and four seamen.[3]
Citations and references
Citations
- Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p181.
- "The Marine List". New Lloyd's List (1247). 6 March 1781.
- Hepper (1994), p.59.
References
- Hepper, David J. (1994) British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650–1859. (Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot). ISBN 0-948864-30-3
- 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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