HMS Kent (1798)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Kent.
Career (UK)
Name: HMS Kent
Ordered: 10 June 1795
Builder: Perry, Blackwall Yard
Laid down: October 1795
Launched: 17 January 1798
Fate: Broken up, 1881
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: Ajax-class ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1964 tons (1995.5 tonnes)
Length: 182 ft 3 in (55.55 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 49 ft 3 in (15.01 m)
Depth of hold: 21 ft 3 in (6.48 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:

74 guns:

  • Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns
  • Upper gundeck: 30 × 24-pounder guns
  • QD: 12 × 9-pounder guns
  • Fc: 4 × 9-pounder guns

HMS Kent was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 17 January 1798 at Blackwall Yard.[1]

She became a sheer hulk in 1856, and was broken up in 1881.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p184.

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.