HMS Orford (1749)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Orford.
History
Great Britain
Name: HMS Orford
Ordered: 31 August 1745
Builder: Woolwich Dockyard
Launched: 1749
Fate: Sunk as a breakwater, 1783
General characteristics [1]
Class & type: 1745 Establishment 70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1,414 long tons (1,436.7 t)
Length: 160 ft (48.8 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 45 ft (13.7 m)
Depth of hold: 19 ft 4 in (5.9 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:
  • 70 guns:
  • Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 12 × 9 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 4 × 9 pdrs

HMS Orford was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built to the draught specified by the 1745 Establishment at Woolwich Dockyard, and launched in 1749.[1]

Orford was placed on harbour service in 1777, and in 1783 she was sunk to form part of a breakwater.[1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p173.

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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