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HMS Leopard (1741)

History
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
Name: HMS Leopard
Ordered: 28 April 1740
Builder: Perry, Blackwall Yard
Launched: 30 October 1741
Fate: Broken up, 1761
General characteristics
Class and type: 1733 proposals 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 872
Length: 134 ft (40.8 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 38 ft 6 in (11.7 m)
Depth of hold: 15 ft 9 in (4.8 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:
  • 50 guns:
  • Gundeck: 22 × 18 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 22 × 9 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 6 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

HMS Leopard was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built according to the 1733 proposals of the 1719 Establishment at Blackwall Yard, and launched on 30 October 1741.

Leopard was broken up in 1761.



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