HMS Essex (1760)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Essex.
History
Great Britain
Name: HMS Essex
Ordered: 31 January 1759
Builder: Wells and Stanton, Rotherhithe
Launched: 28 August 1760
Fate: Sold out of the service, 1799
Notes: Harbour service from 1777
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: Essex-class ship of the line
Tons burthen: 137865⁄94 (bm)
Length: 158 ft (48 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 44 ft 2 in (13.46 m)
Depth of hold: 18 ft 10 in (5.74 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:
  • 64 guns:
  • Gundeck: 26 × 24 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 10 × 4 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 9 pdrs

HMS Essex was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 28 August 1760 at Rotherhithe.[1]

She was on harbour service from 1777, and was sold out of the service in 1799.[1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p178.

References

  • Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.


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