HMS Devonshire (1745)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Devonshire.
Career (Great Britain)
Name: HMS Devonshire
Ordered: 25 April 1741
Builder: Woolwich Dockyard
Launched: 19 July 1745
Fate: Broken up, 1772
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: 1741 proposals 66-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1,471 long tons (1,494.6 t)
Length: 161 ft (49.1 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 46 ft (14.0 m)
Depth of hold: 19 ft 4 in (5.9 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:

66 guns:

  • Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 10 × 9 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 9 pdrs

HMS Devonshire was a 66-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built to the dimensions laid out in the 1741 proposals of the 1719 Establishment at Woolwich Dockyard, and launched on 19 July 1745.[1]

Devonshire served until 1772, when she was broken up.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 172.

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.