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HMS Dreadnought (1742)

History
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Name: HMS Dreadnought
Ordered: 5 December 1740
Builder: Wells, Deptford
Launched: 23 June 1742
Fate: Sold, 1784
General characteristics
Class and type: 1733 proposals 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1093 (bm)
Length: 144 ft (43.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 41 ft 5 in (12.6 m)
Depth of hold: 16 ft 11 in (5.2 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:
  • 60 guns:
  • Gundeck: 24 × 24-pounder guns
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 9-pounder guns
  • QD: 8 × 6-pounder guns
  • Fc: 2 × 6-pounder guns

HMS Dreadnought was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built according to the 1733 proposals of the 1719 Establishment at Deptford, and was launched on 23 June 1742.

Dreadnought served until 1784, when she was sold out of the service.



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