HMS Lenox (1758)
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Career (Great Britain) | |
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Name: | HMS Lenox |
Ordered: | 17 November 1755 |
Builder: | Chatham Dockyard |
Launched: | 25 February 1758 |
Fate: | Sunk as breakwater, 1784 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Dublin-class ship of the line |
Tons burthen: | 1579 tons (1604.3 tonnes) |
Length: | 165 ft 6 in (50.4 m) (gundeck) |
Beam: | 46 ft 6 in (14.2 m) |
Depth of hold: | 19 ft 9 in (6.0 m) |
Propulsion: | Sails |
Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
Armament: |
74 guns:
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For other ships of the same name, see HMS Lenox.
HMS Lenox was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 25 February 1758 at Chatham.
She was sunk as a breakwater in 1784.
[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.