HMS Newcastle (1750)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Newcastle.
Career (Great Britain)
Name: HMS Newcastle
Ordered: 11 November 1745
Builder: Portsmouth Dockyard
Launched: 4 December 1750
Fate: Foundered, 1761
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: 1745 Establishment 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1,052 long tons (1,068.9 t)
Length: 150 ft (45.7 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 42 ft 8 in (13.0 m)
Depth of hold: 18 ft 6 in (5.6 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:

50 guns:

  • Gundeck: 22 × 24 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 22 × 12 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 6 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

HMS Newcastle was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Portsmouth Dockyard to the draught specified in the 1745 Establishment, and launched on 4 December 1750.[1]

Newcastle foundered during a cyclone in 1761.[1][2]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p174.
  2. ^ Ships of the Old Navy, N.

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.
  • Michael Phillips. Liste of ships: N. Michael Phillips' Ships of the Old Navy. Retrieved 14 August 2008.