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HMS Worcester (1735)

History
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
Name: HMS Worcester
Ordered: 4 September 1733
Builder: Portsmouth Dockyard
Launched: 20 December 1735
Fate: Broken up, 1765
General characteristics
Class and type: 1733 proposals 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1061 (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
  • Quarterdeck: 8 × 6-pounder guns
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6-pounder guns

HMS Worcester was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Portsmouth Dockyard to the 1733 proposals of the 1719 Establishment, and launched on 20 December 1735.

She took part in the battle of Portobello under captain Perry Main in 1739.

Worcester was broken up in 1765.



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