HMS Trident (1768)

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Name: HMS Trident
Ordered: 4 December 1762
Builder: Portsmouth Dockyard
Launched: 20 April 1768
Fate: Sold out of the service, 1816
General characteristics
Class and type: Exeter-class ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1366 tons (1387.9 tonnes)
Length: 158 ft 9 in (48.4 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 44 ft (13 m)
Depth of hold: 19 ft 1 in (5.8 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:

64 guns:

  • Gundeck: 26 × 24 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 10 × 4 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 9 pdrs
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Trident.

HMS Trident was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 20 April 1768 at Portsmouth.

Trident was sold out of the navy in 1816.

[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.
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