HMS Africa (1761)

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Name: HMS Africa
Ordered: 31 January 1759
Builder: Perry, Blackwall
Launched: 1 August 1761
Fate: Sold out of the service, 1774
General characteristics
Class and type: Essex-class ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1354 tons (1375.7 tonnes)
Length: 158 ft (48 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 44 ft 2 in (13.5 m)
Depth of hold: 18 ft 10 in (5.7 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:

64 guns:

  • Gundeck: 26 × 24 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarter deck: 10 × 4 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 9 pdrs

HMS Africa was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 31 January 1761 at Blackwall.

She was sold out of the service in 1774.

[edit] 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.