HMS Lenox (1758)

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Lenox
History
Naval Ensign of Great Britain (1707-1800).svg Great Britain
NameHMS Lenox
Ordered17 November 1755
BuilderChatham Dockyard
Laid down8 April 1756
Launched25 February 1758
Commissioned26 May 1758
FateSunk as breakwater, 1784; later raised and broken up May 1789
General characteristics [1]
Class and type Dublin-class ship of the line
Tons burthen157937⁄94 (bm)
Length165 ft 6 in (50.44 m) (gundeck)
Beam46 ft 6 in (14.17 m)
Depth of hold19 ft 9 in (6.02 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament
  • 74 guns:
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 14 × 9 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 4 × 9 pdrs

HMS Lenox was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 25 February 1758 at Chatham Dockyard. [1]

She was sunk as a breakwater in 1784. [1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p176.

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