HMS Winchester (1744)

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Winchester commanded by Sir John Bentley
History
Naval Ensign of Great Britain (1707-1800).svg Great Britain
NameHMS Winchester
Ordered14 April 1743
BuilderBird, Rotherhithe
Launched3 May 1744
FateSold, 1769
General characteristics [1]
Class & type 1741 proposals 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen987
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 Winchester was a 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Rotherhithe to the dimensions prescribed by the 1741 proposals of the 1719 Establishment, and launched on 3 May 1744. [1]

Winchester was sold out of the navy in 1769. [1]

In Oct 1744 HMS Winchester commanded by Sir William Hewitt Bart. was involved with the rescue of Captain Cornwall and crew of HMS Colchester, when they ran aground off the Nore (Ref. BNA).

Plan of the attack against Basseterre, Guadeloupe by a squadron of Royal Navy ships of war commanded by Commodore Moore on 22 January 1759 - also the encampments of the British. Shows Winchester Plan of the attack against Basseterre on the island of Guadeloupe by a squadron of his Majesty's ships of war commanded by Commodore Moore on ye 22d Jan. 1759 - also the incampments of the British (17727584474).jpg
Plan of the attack against Basseterre, Guadeloupe by a squadron of Royal Navy ships of war commanded by Commodore Moore on 22 January 1759 - also the encampments of the British. Shows Winchester

Notes

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

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