HMS Temple

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Temple
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Naval Ensign of Great Britain (1707-1800).svg Great Britain
NameHMS Temple
Ordered9 September 1756
BuilderBlades, Hull
Launched3 November 1758
FateWrecked, 1762
General characteristics [1]
Class and type68-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen142876⁄94 (bm)
Length160 ft (49 m) (gundeck)
Beam45 ft (14 m)
Depth of hold19 ft 4 in (5.89 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament
  • 68 guns:
  • Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 12 × 9 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 9 pdrs

HMS Temple was a 68-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 3 November 1758 at Blaydes Yard in Hull. [1]

Commissioned in January 1759 under the command of Washington Shirley, she saw service at the Battle of Quiberon Bay in November. [2]

The following year, in March 1760, she sailed for the West Indies under Captain Lucius O'Brien. With the aid of the cutter Griffin, in September of that year she recaptured the sloop Virgin off Grenada. [2]

Temple operated as part of the fleet at the capture of Havana in 1762, under the command of Julian Legge. From June to September she was commanded by Chaloner Ogle and thereafter by Thomas Collingwood.

On 18 December of that year, en route home to England, she developed severe leaks off Cape Clear Island and foundered at sea and was lost. [2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p177.
  2. 1 2 3 "NMM, vessel ID 377150" (PDF). Warship Histories, vol x. National Maritime Museum. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2012.

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