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HMS Buckingham (1731)

History
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
Name: HMS Buckingham
Ordered: 22 March 1727
Builder: Deptford Dockyard
Launched: 13 April 1731
Fate: Broken up, 1745
General characteristics
Class and type: 1719 Establishment 70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1128
Length: 151 ft (46 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 41 ft 6 in (12.65 m)
Depth of hold: 17 ft 4 in (5.28 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:
  • 70 guns:
  • Gundeck: 26 × 24 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 12 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 14 × 6 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 4 × 6 pdrs

HMS Buckingham was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Deptford Dockyard to the 1719 Establishment, and launched on 13 April 1731.

Buckingham served until 1745 when she was broken up.



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