HMS Dorsetshire (1757)
HMS Dorsetshire was a 70-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Chatham Dockyard to the draught specified by the 1745 Establishment, amended in 1754, and launched on 13 December 1757.[1]
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Name: | HMS Dorsetshire |
Ordered: | 19 January 1754 |
Builder: | Chatham Dockyard |
Launched: | 13 December 1757 |
Fate: | Broken up, 1775 |
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Class and type: | 1754 amendments 70-gun third-rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen: | 1436 |
Length: | 162 ft (49.4 m) (gundeck) |
Beam: | 44 ft 8 in (13.6 m) |
Depth of hold: | 19 ft (5.8 m) |
Propulsion: | Sails |
Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
Armament: |
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At the Action of 29 April 1758, Dorestshire defeated and captured French ship of the line Raisonnable in the Bay of Biscay.[2]
Dorsetshire served until 1775, when she was broken up.[1]
Notes
- Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 174.
- "No. 9790". The London Gazette. 9 May 1758. p. 1.
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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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