HMS Vulture (1744)
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Vulture.
History | |
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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 3⁄94 (bm) |
Length: |
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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.
References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
- McLaughlan, Ian. The Sloop of War 1650-1763. Seaforth Publishing, 2014. ISBN 978-1-84832-187-8.
- Rif Winfield (2007). British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1714-1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.
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