HMS Reserve (1704)

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Sutherland Hospital Ship Commanded by Sir John Bentley in the year 1741 & 1744 RMG PU8497.jpg
The Sutherland hospital ship, commanded by Sir John Bentley in the year 1741 & 1744, sketched by his clerk, John Hood
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Naval Ensign of Great Britain (1707-1800).svg Great Britain
NameHMS Reserve
BuilderHarding, Deptford Dockyard
Launched18 March 1704
RenamedHMS Sutherland, 1716
FateBroken up, 1754
NotesHospital ship from 1741
General characteristics [1]
Class and type50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen676
Length130 ft (39.6 m) (gundeck)
Beam34 ft 5+12 in (10.5 m)
Depth of hold13 ft 6+12 in (4.1 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament50 guns of various weights of shot

HMS Reserve was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Deptford Dockyard and launched on 18 March 1704. [1]

Reserve was renamed HMS Sutherland in 1716, and converted to serve as a hospital ship in 1741. Sutherland was broken up in 1754. [1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p166.

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