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HMS Sultan (1775)

History
Royal Navy EnsignUK
Name: HMS Sultan
Ordered: 14 January 1771
Builder: Barnard, Harwich
Laid down: March 1771
Launched: 23 December 1775
Fate: Broken up, 1816
General characteristics
Class and type: Royal Oak-class ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1614 7394 (bm)
Length: 168 ft 6 in (51.36 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 46 ft 9 in (14.25 m)
Depth of hold: 20 ft (6.1 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:
  • 74 guns:
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 14 × 9 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 4 × 9 pdrs

HMS Sultan was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 23 December 1775 at Harwich.

She was converted for use as a prison ship in 1797, and broken up in 1816.



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