HMS Panther (1746)

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Naval Ensign of Great Britain (1707-1800).svg Great Britain
NameHMS Panther
Ordered1 June 1744
BuilderPlymouth Dockyard
Launched24 June 1746
FateBroken up, 1756
General characteristics [1]
Class and type 1741 proposals 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen968 bm
Length140 ft (42.7 m) (gundeck)
Beam40 ft (12.2 m)
Depth of hold17 ft 2+1⁄2 in (5.2 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament
  • 50 guns:
  • Gundeck: 22 × 24 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 22 × 12 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 6 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

HMS Panther was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Plymouth Dockyard to the dimensions specified in the 1741 proposals of the 1719 Establishment, and launched on 24 June 1746. [1]

Panther served until 1756, when she was broken up. [1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 172.

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