Deptford | |
History | |
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Great Britain | |
Name | HMS Deptford |
Ordered | 3 May 1726 |
Builder | Deptford Dockyard |
Launched | 22 August 1732 |
Fate | Sold, 1767 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | 1719 Establishment 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 951 (bm) |
Length | 144 ft (43.9 m) (gundeck) |
Beam | 39 ft (11.9 m) |
Depth of hold | 16 ft 5 in (5.0 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Armament |
HMS Deptford was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built to the dimensions of the 1719 Establishment at Deptford Dockyard, and launched on 22 August 1732. [1]
In 1752, she was cut down to a 50-gun ship.
On 31 January 1759 Montagu and Deptford chased a French privateer that Montagu captured the next day. The privateer was Marquis de Martigny, of Granville. She had a crew of 104 men under the command of M. Le Crouse, and was armed with twenty 6-pounder guns. [2]
In 1761 Deptford sailed to Jamaica carrying a timekeeper built by John Harrison, as a part of a series of experiments to determine longitude at sea.
Deptford was sold out of the navy in 1767. [1]
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