HMS Greyhound (1741)

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]

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Greyhound.

History
Great Britain
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 and type:	24-gun sixth-rate
Tons burthen:	450 55/94 bm
Length:	108 ft 1 in (32.9 m) (overall) 88 ft 3 in (26.9 m) (keel)
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:	20 × 9pdrs (upper deck) 2 × 9pdrs (lower deck) 2 × 3 pdrs (quarterdeck)

References

1. Winfield 2007, p. 253
2. "(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.