HMS Captain (1743)
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 Great Britain
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| Name: | HMS Captain |
| Ordered: | 7 September 1739 |
| Builder: | Woolwich Dockyard |
| Launched: | 14 April 1743 |
| Fate: | Broken up, 1783 |
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| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class & type: | 1733 proposals 70-gun third rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 1230 (bm) |
| Length: | 151 ft (46.0 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 43 ft 5 in (13.2 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 17 ft 9 in (5.4 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Armament: | |
HMS Captain was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built according to the 1733 proposals of the 1719 Establishment at Woolwich Dockyard, and launched on 14 April 1743.[1]
In 1760, Captain was reduced to a 64-gun ship. Then in 1777 she was converted to serve as a storeship and renamed Buffalo.
Although a storeship, Buffalo shared, with Thetis, and Alarm, in the proceeds from Southampton's capture of the 12-gun French privateer Comte de Maurepas, on 3 August 1780.[2]
In 1781, with 60 guns back on board, although she only had 18 pounders on the lower deck, she participated in the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War at the Battle of Dogger Bank. [3]:46
Buffalo returned to the role of storeship until she was broken up in 1783.[1]
Notes
- 1 2 3 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol. 1, p. 171.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 12325. p. 1. 24 August 1782.
- ↑ Ross, Sir John. Memoirs of Admiral de Saumarez Vol 1.
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.
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