HMS Leopard (1741)

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NameHMS Leopard
Ordered28 April 1740
BuilderPerry, Blackwall Yard
Launched30 October 1741
FateBroken up, 1761
General characteristics [1]
Class and type 1733 proposals 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen872
Length134 ft (40.8 m) (gundeck)
Beam38 ft 6 in (11.7 m)
Depth of hold15 ft 9 in (4.8 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 according to the 1733 proposals of the 1719 Establishment at Blackwall Yard, and launched on 30 October 1741. [1]

Leopard was broken up in 1761. [1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 171.

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