HMS Deptford (1732)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Deptford.
History
Great Britain
Name: HMS Deptford
Ordered: 3 May 1726
Builder: Deptford Dockyard
Launched: 22 August 1732
Fate: Sold, 1767
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: 1719 Establishment 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 951 long tons (966.3 t)
Length: 144 ft (43.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 39 ft (11.9 m)
Depth of hold: 16 ft 5 in (5.0 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:
  • 60 guns:
  • Gundeck: 24 × 24 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 9 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 8 × 6 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

HMS Deptford was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built to the dimensions of the 1719 Establishment at Deptford Dockyard, and launched on 22 August 1732.[1]

In 1752, she was cut down to a 50-gun ship. In 1761, the ship sailed to Jamaica carrying a timekeeper built by John Harrison, as a part of a series of experiments used to determine longitude at sea. Deptford was sold out of the navy in 1767.[1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Lavery, B., Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 170.

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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