History | |
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Name: | HMS Baltimore |
Builder: | Deptford Dockyard |
Launched: | 1742 |
Fate: | Sold 1762 |
General characteristics | |
Propulsion: | Sails |
Complement: | 110 men and boys |
Armament: | 14 × 4-pounder guns |
HMS Baltimore was a Royal Navy sloop-of-war launched in 1742, designed by and named after Lord Baltimore who at the time was a Lord of the Admiralty.
As launched, the Baltimore had bilander rig, but in 1743 she was fitted with a conventional snow rig. Although her sides were pierced for 18 guns, she actually carried 14 four-pounders. In 1758 she was converted to a bomb vessel.