HMS Newcastle (1750)
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Newcastle.
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 Great Britain
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| Name: | HMS Newcastle |
| Ordered: | 11 November 1745 |
| Builder: | Portsmouth Dockyard |
| Launched: | 4 December 1750 |
| Fate: | Foundered, 1761 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class & type: | 1745 Establishment 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 1052 (bm) |
| Length: | 150 ft (45.7 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 42 ft 8 in (13.0 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 18 ft 6 in (5.6 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Armament: | |
HMS Newcastle was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Portsmouth Dockyard to the draught specified in the 1745 Establishment, and launched on 4 December 1750.[1]
Fate
On 1 January 1761, a cyclone off Pondicherry, India, drove Newcastle, HMS Queenborough, and HMS Protector onshore, where they wrecked. Newcastle was able to leave harbour, but the wind shifted, impeding her and eventually driving her ashore two miles south of Pondicherry. The same storm also caught HMS Duc D'Aquitaine (1757) and HMS Sunderland. They tried to get out to open water, but were unable to. When they anchored the sea overwhelmed them and they both foundered, each with the loss of almost all on board.[2]
Notes
References
- Hepper, David J. (1994). British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650–1859. Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot. ISBN 0-948864-30-3.
- 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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