HMS Greyhound (1741)
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Greyhound.
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 Great Britain
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| Name: | HMS Greyhound |
| Ordered: | 5 December 1740 |
| Builder: | Thomas Snelgrove, Limehouse |
| Laid down: | 26 January 1741 |
| Launched: | 19 September 1741 |
| Completed: | 10 November 1741 |
| Commissioned: | September 1741 |
| Decommissioned: | January 1768 |
| Out of service: | 5 April 1768 |
| Fate: | Sold out of service, April 1768 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | 24-gun sixth-rate |
| Tons burthen: | 450 55/94 bm |
| Length: |
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| Beam: | 31 ft 0 in (9.4 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 10 ft 2 in (3.1 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sail |
| Sail plan: | ship-rigged |
| Complement: | 140 (160 from 1745) |
| Armament: |
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HMS Greyhound was a 20-gun sixth-rate ship of the Royal Navy, built in 1740-41 according to the 1733 modifications of the 1719 Establishment, and in service in the West Indies, the Americas and the Caribbean. After extensive service including the single-handed capture of two other ships of equivalent size and armament,[1] Greyhound was driven ashore in the River Thames at Erith, Kent in January 1768.[2] She was consequently declared unseaworthy and sold out of service three months later.[1]
References
- 1 2 Winfield 2007, p. 253
- ↑ "(untitled)". Lloyd's List (3338). 15 January 1768.
Bibliography
- Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships of the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 9781844157006.
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