HMS Egmont (1768)

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Career (Great Britain) Royal Navy Ensign
Name: HMS Egmont
Ordered: 6 June 1765
Builder: Deptford Dockyard
Laid down: October 1766
Launched: 29 August 1768
Fate: Broken up, 1799
General characteristics
Class and type: 74-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1648 tons (1674.4 tonnes)
Length: 168 ft 6 in (51.4 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 46 ft 11½ in (14.3 m)
Depth of hold: 19 ft 9 in (6.0 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:

74 guns:

  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 14 × 9 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 4 × 9 pdrs

HMS Egmont was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 29 August 1768 at Deptford. She was designed by Sir Thomas Slade, and was the only ship built to her draught.

Egmont was broken up in 1799.

[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.