HMS Terrible (1762)
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| Name: | HMS Terrible |
| Ordered: | 8 January 1761 |
| Builder: | Barnard, Harwich |
| Launched: | 4 September 1762 |
| Fate: | Burned, 1781 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Ramillies-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 1644 |
| Length: | 168 ft 6 in (51.36 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 46 ft 11 in (14.30 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 19 ft 9 in (6.02 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
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HMS Terrible was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 4 September 1762 at Harwich, England.
In the English Channel, in 1777, under Captain Richard Bickerton, she took an American privateer brig called the Rising States, Capt Thompson.
In 1778 she fought at the First Battle of Ushant, and in 1781 Terrible was part of Sir Thomas Graves' fleet at the Battle of the Chesapeake. During the course of the battle, she took heavy damage, and was scuttled by burning after the battle had ended.
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