HMS Greyhound (1702)

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NameHMS Greyhound
BuilderWilliam Hubbard, Ipswich
Launched1702
FateWrecked off Tynemouth, 26 August 1711 [1]
General characteristics [2]
Class and type50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen494
Length114 ft (34.7 m) (gundeck)
Beam31 ft (9.4 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament50 guns of various weights of shot

HMS Greyhound was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Ipswich and launched in 1702. [2] Her name is alternatively spelt Greyhond. [3]

Greyhound served until 1711, when she was wrecked. [2]

Notes

  1. ↑ Moffat, Hugh (2002). Ships and shipyards of Ipswich 1700-1970. Holbrook: Malthouse Press. ISBN   0953968006.
  2. 1 2 3 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 166.
  3. ↑ Ships of the Royal Navy : the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). Greenhill. 2003. p. 145. ISBN   1853675660.

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