HMS Tavistock (1747)

History
Great Britain
Name: HMS Tavistock
Ordered: 18 October 1745
Builder: Blaydes, Hull
Launched: 26 August 1747
Fate: Broken up, 1768
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: 1745 Establishment 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1,061 long tons (1,078.0 t)
Length: 150 ft (45.7 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 42 ft 8 in (13.0 m)
Depth of hold: 18 ft 6 in (5.6 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:
  • 50 guns:
  • Gundeck: 22 × 24 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 22 × 12 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 6 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

HMS Tavistock was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Hull to the draught specified in the 1745 Establishment, and launched on 26 August 1747.[1]

Tavistock was converted to serve as a hulk in 1761, and was broken up in 1768.[1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p173.

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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