HMS Lenox (1758)

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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:

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

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.