HMS Leopard (1703)

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NameHMS Leopard
BuilderSwallow, Rotherhithe
Launched15 March 1703
FateBroken up, 1739
General characteristics as built [1]
Class and type50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen683
Length131 ft 1 in (40.0 m) (gundeck)
Beam34 ft 4+12 in (10.5 m)
Depth of hold13 ft 6 in (4.1 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament50 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1721 rebuild [2]
Class and type 1719 Establishment 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen762
Length134 ft (40.8 m) (gundeck)
Beam36 ft (11.0 m)
Depth of hold15 ft 2 in (4.6 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament
  • 50 guns:
  • Gundeck: 22 × 18 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 22 × 9 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 6 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

HMS Leopard was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Rotherhithe and launched on 15 March 1703. [1]

Leopard underwent a rebuild according to the 1719 Establishment at Woolwich, and was relaunched on 18 April 1721. Leopard served until 1739, when she was broken up. [2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p166.
  2. 1 2 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p170.

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