HMS Winchester (1744)

HMS Winchester was a 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Rotherhithe to the dimensions prescribed by the 1741 proposals of the 1719 Establishment, and launched on 3 May 1744.[1]

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

History
Great Britain
Name: HMS Winchester
Ordered: 14 April 1743
Builder: Bird, Rotherhithe
Launched: 3 May 1744
Fate: Sold, 1769
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: 1741 proposals 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 987
Length: 140 ft (42.7 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 40 ft (12.2 m)
Depth of hold: 17 ft 2 1⁄2 in (5.2 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:
  • 50 guns:
  • Gundeck: 22 × 24 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 22 × 12 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 6 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

Winchester was sold out of the navy in 1769.[1]

Plan of the attack against Basseterre, Guadeloupe by a squadron of Royal Navy ships of war commanded by Commodore Moore on 22 January 1759 - also the encampments of the British. Shows Winchester

Notes
  1. Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 172.
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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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