HMS Dublin (1757)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Dublin.
Career (Great Britain)
Name: HMS Dublin
Ordered: 26 August 1755
Builder: Deptford dockyard
Launched: 6 May 1757
Fate: Broken up, 1784
General characteristics [1]
Class and type:Dublin-class ship of the line
Tons burthen:1562 tons (1587.1 tonnes)
Length:165 ft 6 in (50.44 m) (gundeck)
Beam:46 ft 6 in (14.17 m)
Depth of hold:19 ft 9 in (6.02 m)
Propulsion:Sails
Sail plan:Full rigged ship
Armament:74 guns:
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 14 × 9 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 4 × 9 pdrs

HMS Dublin was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 6 May 1757 at Deptford.[1]

She was broken up in 1784.[1]

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 176.

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.