HMS Assistance (1747)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Assistance.

History

Great Britain
Name:	HMS Assistance
Ordered:	6 August 1745
Builder:	Ledger, River Medway
Launched:	22 December 1747
Fate:	Sold, 1773
General characteristics ^[1]
Class & type:	1745 Establishment 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	1,063 long tons (1,080.1 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-pounders Upper gundeck: 22 × 12-pounders Quarterdeck: 4 × 6-pounders Forecastle: 2 × 6-pounders

HMS Assistance was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at a private yard on the River Medway to the draught specified by the 1745 Establishment, and launched on 22 December 1747.^[1]

Assistance served until 1773, when she was sold out of the navy.^[1]

Notes

1 2 3 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 173.

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.

1745 Establishment ships

1745 Establishment

100-gun first rates	Royal George Britannia

80-gun third rates	Princess Amelia

70-gun third rates	Vanguard Somerset Orford Grafton Swiftsure Northumberland Buckingham

60-gun fourth rates	St Albans Anson Tiger Weymouth York Medway

50-gun fourth rates	Greenwich Severn Tavistock Assistance Newcastle Falmouth Preston

1750 amendments

90-gun second rates	Namur Union Neptune

80-gun third rates	Cambridge

70-gun third rates	Chichester

60-gun fourth rates	Dunkirk Montagu

1752 amendments

60-gun fourth rates	Pembroke Rippon

50-gun fourth rates	Chatham

1754 amendments

70-gun third rates	Burford Dorsetshire Boyne

Preceded by: 1719 Establishment
Followed by: Sandwich class, Valiant class, Dublin class, Edgar class, Essex class

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, October 13, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.