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Ship of the line of the Royal Navy
History
Great Britain
Name HMS Pembroke
Ordered 8 September 1726
Builder Woolwich Dockyard
Launched 27 November 1733
Fate Wrecked, 1749
General characteristics
[1]
Class and type
1719 Establishment 60-gun
fourth rate
ship of the line
Tons burthen 956
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 Pembroke was a 60-gun
fourth rate
ship of the line of the
Royal Navy , built to the dimensions of the
1719 Establishment at
Woolwich Dockyard , and launched on 27 November 1733.
[1]
Pembroke shown here at the
First Battle of Cape Finisterre (1747)
In April 1749, whilst near
Fort St David , Pembroke , along with
Namur and the
hospital ship
Apollo , was wrecked in a storm, with the loss of 330 of her crew, only 12 being saved.
[2]
[3]
Notes
^
a
b Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p170.
^ Ships of the Old Navy, Pembroke .
^
"(untitled)" . Lloyd's List . No. 1479. Lloyd's of London. 30 January 1749.
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.
Pembroke (60) (1733) . Michael Phillips' Ships of the Old Navy. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
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