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Ship of the line of the Royal Navy
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History |
Great Britain |
Name | HMS Colchester |
Ordered | 6 November 1744 |
Builder | Carter, Southampton |
Launched | 20 September 1746 |
Fate | Broken up, 1773 |
General characteristics
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Class and type |
1741 proposals 50-gun
fourth rate
ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 978 |
Length | 140 ft (42.7 m) (gundeck) |
Beam | 40 ft (12.2 m) |
Depth of hold | 17 ft 2+1⁄2 in (5.2 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
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HMS Colchester was a 50-gun
fourth rate
ship of the line of the
Royal Navy, built at
Southampton according to the dimensions laid down in the
1741 proposals of the
1719 Establishment, and launched on 20 September 1745.
[1] She was ordered as a replacement for the previous
HMS Colchester, which had been wrecked just two months after being launched.
[1]
[2]
Colchester served until 1762, when she was found to be unfit for service.
[3] She was eventually broken up in 1773.
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Notes
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b
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d Lavery, Ships of the Line vol. 1, p. 172.
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^ Ships of the Old Navy, Colchester (1744).
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^ Ships of the Old Navy, Colchester (1746).
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.
- Michael Phillips.
Colchester (50) (1744). Michael Phillips' Ships of the Old Navy. Retrieved 10 August 2008.
- Michael Phillips.
Colchester (50) (1746). Michael Phillips' Ships of the Old Navy. Retrieved 10 August 2008.
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