HMS Vulture (1744)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Vulture.
History
Great Britain
Name: HMS Vulture
Ordered: 6 August 1743
Builder: John Greaves, Limehouse
Laid down: 16 September 1743
Launched: 4 May 1744
Completed: 24 May 1744 at Deptford Dockyard
Commissioned: April 1744
Fate: Sold to break up at Portsmouth on 30 January 1761
General characteristics
Class & type: Hind-class sloop
Tons burthen: 267 394 (bm)
Length:
  • 91 ft 4 in (27.8 m) (gundeck)
  • 73 ft 10.875 in (22.5 m) (keel)
Beam: 26 ft 0.75 in (7.9 m)
Depth of hold: 12 ft 1.75 in (3.7 m)
Sail plan: Snow brig
Armament: 10 × 6-pounder guns (l4 guns from 1748)

HMS Vulture was a 10-gun two-masted Hind-class sloop of the Royal Navy, designed by Joseph Allin and built by John Greaves at Limehouse on the Thames River, England and launched on 4 May 1744. Her name was often written as Vulter.

After service from 1744 to 1749 (when her armament was increased to 14 x 6-pounder guns), and then from 1751 to 1758, she was sold to be taken to pieces at Portsmouth on 30 January 1761.

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