HMS Surprize (1746)
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| Career (Great Britain) |  |
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| Name: | HMS Surprize |
| Builder: | James Wyatt, Bucklers Hard |
| Launched: | 27 January 1745 |
| Fate: | Broken up in 1770 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | sixth rate |
| Tons burthen: | 508 long tons (516.2 t) |
| Length: | 113 ft (34.4 m) |
| Beam: | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Armament: | 24 guns of various weights of shot |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Surprize.
HMS Surprize was a 24-gun sixth rate ship of the Royal Navy. She was built by James Wyatt at Bucklers Hard on the Beaulieu River in Hampshire and launched on 27 January 1745.
She was broken up in 1770.
[edit] References
- Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
