HMS Culloden (1749)

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

History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Culloden
Builder	Benjamin Slade, Plymouth Dockyard
Launched	December, 1749 [a]
Commissioned	1749
Decommissioned	1765
Fate	Sold on 16 December 1765
General characteristics
Tons burthen	35 21⁄94 bm
Length	43 ft 0 in (13.1 m) (deck) 34 ft 0 in (10.4 m) (keel)
Beam	14 ft 0 in (4.3 m)
Draught	5 ft 6 in (1.7 m)
Propulsion	Sails

HMS Culloden was a 2-gun smack of the Royal Navy, launched in 1746 ^[1] or 1749. ^[2] .

Constructed by master shipwright Benjamin Slade at Plymouth Dockyard, Culloden was used as a storeship until 1751. Thereafter she was contracted to Murdoch Mackenzie, a civilian surveyor, for work in Plymouth harbour. ^[1] After 16 years service she was put up for auction at Plymouth Dockyard on 10 December 1765, along with her contents described as a sundry collection of papers, cables, rigging, hammocks and other "old junk." ^[3] The sale was completed on 16 December 1765. ^[1]

Notes

1. Other sources give her launch date as 23 September 1746 ^[1]

References

1. Winfield 2007, p. 367
2. Colledge 2006, p.97
3. "No. 10582". The London Gazette . 10 December 1765. p. 2.

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of All Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN   978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC   67375475.
• Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships of the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Barnsley, United Kingdom: Seaforth. ISBN   9781844157006.