HMS Duke (1777)

History

Great Britain
Name:	HMS Duke
Ordered:	18 June 1771
Builder:	Plymouth Dockyard
Laid down:	October 1772
Launched:	18 October 1777
Fate:	Broken up, 1843
General characteristics
Class and type:	Duke-class ship of the line
Tons burthen:	1943 ²⁸⁄₉₄ (bm)
Length:	177 ft 6 in (54.10 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	50 ft (15 m)
Depth of hold:	21 ft 2 in (6.45 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	98 guns: Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs Middle gundeck: 30 × 18 pdrs Upper gundeck: 30 × 12 pdrs Quarterdeck: 8 × 12 pdrs Forecastle: 2 × 12 pdrs

HMS Duke was a 98-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 18 October 1777 at Plymouth.

Duke was employed on harbour service from 1799, and was broken up in 1843.