HMS Bristol (1775)

Model of the Thomson Collection of Ship Models on display at the Art Gallery of Ontario
History
United Kingdom
Name:	Bristol
Namesake:	Bristol
Ordered:	12 October 1768
Builder:	Sheerness Dockyard
Laid down:	May 1771
Launched:	25 October 1775
Commissioned:	October 1775
Out of service:	1786
Fate:	Scrapped, June 1810
General characteristics
Class and type:	Portland-class ship of the line
Tons burthen:	1,049  9⁄94 bm
Length:	146 ft (44.5 m) (Gundeck)
Beam:	40 ft 7 in (12.4 m)
Draught:	15 ft 7 in (4.7 m)
Depth of hold:	17 ft 6 in (5.3 m)
Sail plan:	Full-rigged ship
Armament:	50 guns: Gundeck: 22 × 24-pdr cannon Upper gundeck: 22 × 12-pdr cannon Quarterdeck: 4 × 6-pdr cannon Forecastle: 2 × 6-pdr cannon

HMS Bristol was a 50-gun Portland-class fourth-rate ship of the line, built for the Royal Navy in the 1770s. She served as a flagship during the Battle of Sullivan's Island, Charleston, South Carolina in 1776 during the American Revolutionary War and later participated in the 1783 Battle of Cuddalore during the Anglo-French War of 1778–83. By 1787 the ship had been converted into a church ship. Converted into a prison ship in 1794, Bristol instead served as a hospital ship until she was broken up in 1810.

Bristol had a length at the gundeck of 146 feet (44.5 m) and 119 feet 9 inches (36.5 m) at the keel. She had a beam of 40 feet 7 inches (12.4 m), a draught of 15 feet 7 inches (4.7 m) at deep load and a depth of hold of 17 feet 6 inches (5.3 m). The ship's tonnage was 1,049  ⁹⁄₉₄ tons burthen. Bristol was armed with twenty-two 24-pounder cannon on her main gundeck, twenty-two 12-pounder cannon on her upper gundeck, and four 6-pounder cannon on the quarterdeck and another pair on the forecastle. The ship had a crew of 350 officers and ratings.