![]() Deptford
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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 (bm) |
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 |
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.
On 31 January 1759 Montagu and Deptford chased a French privateer that Montagu captured the next day. The privateer was Marquis de Martigny, of Granville. She had a crew of 104 men under the command of M. Le Crouse, and was armed with twenty 6-pounder guns.[2]
In 1761 Deptford sailed to Jamaica carrying a timekeeper built by John Harrison, as a part of a series of experiments to determine longitude at sea.
Fate
[edit]Deptford was sold out of the navy in 1767.[1]
Citations
[edit]- ^ a b c Lavery, B., Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 170.
- ^ "No. 9872". The London Gazette. 20 February 1759. p. 1.
References
[edit]- 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.