HMS Winchester (1744)

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

History

Great Britain
Name:	HMS Winchester
Ordered:	14 April 1743
Builder:	Bird, Rotherhithe
Launched:	3 May 1744
Fate:	Sold, 1769
General characteristics ^[1]
Class & type:	1741 proposals 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	987 long tons (1,002.8 t)
Length:	140 ft (42.7 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	40 ft (12.2 m)
Depth of hold:	17 ft 2 ¹⁄₂ in (5.2 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	50 guns: Gundeck: 22 × 24 pdrs Upper gundeck: 22 × 12 pdrs Quarterdeck: 4 × 6 pdrs Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

HMS Winchester was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Rotherhithe to the dimensions prescribed by the 1741 proposals of the 1719 Establishment, and launched on 3 May 1744.^[1]

Winchester was sold out of the navy in 1769.^[1]

Notes

1 2 3 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 172.

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.

1719 Establishment ships

1719 Establishment

100-gun first rates	Royal Sovereign

90-gun second rates	Prince George Union Namur Neptune Marlborough

80-gun third rates	Lancaster Princess Amelia Cornwall Norfolk Somerset Princess Caroline Russell

70-gun third rates	Edinburgh Northumberland Burford Captain Stirling Castle Berwick Lenox Kent Grafton Ipswich Buckingham Prince of Orange

60-gun fourth rates	Canterbury Plymouth Sunderland Windsor Deptford Swallow Tilbury Warwick Pembroke Dunkirk

50-gun fourth rates	Falkland Chatham Colchester Leopard Argyll Portland Assistance Romney Salisbury Oxford Falmouth Lichfield Greenwich Newcastle

1733 proposals

100-gun first rates	Victory

90-gun second rates	Duke St George

80-gun third rates	Boyne Cumberland

70-gun third rates	Elizabeth Suffolk Essex Nassau Prince Frederick Bedford Royal Oak Stirling Castle Monmouth Revenge Captain Berwick

60-gun fourth rates	Weymouth Strafford Worcester Augusta Dragon Jersey Superb Lion Kingston Rupert Dreadnought Medway Princess Mary Exeter Nottingham

50-gun fourth rates	Gloucester St Albans Severn Guernsey Hampshire Leopard Nonsuch Sutherland Antelope Dartmouth Woolwich Preston

1741 proposals

90-gun second rates	Ramillies Prince

80-gun third rates	Newark

74-gun third rates	Culloden

66-gun third rates	Devonshire Lancaster

64-gun third rates	Northumberland Edinburgh Hampton Court Kent Yarmouth

58-gun fourth rates	Princess Louisa Defiance Canterbury Sunderland Tilbury Eagle

50-gun fourth rates	Chester Harwich Winchester Maidstone Colchester Portland Falkland Salisbury Advice Gloucester Norwich Ruby Colchester Lichfield Panther

Preceded by: 1706 Establishment
Followed by: 1745 Establishment

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