For other ships of the same name, see HMS Greyhound.
HMS Greyhound (1741) | |
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Career (Great Britain) | ![]() |
Name: | HMS Greyhound |
Ordered: | 5 December 1740 |
Builder: | Thomas Snelgrove, Limehouse |
Laid down: | 26 January 1741 |
Launched: | 19 September 1741 |
Completed: | 10 November 1741 |
Commissioned: | September 1741 |
Decommissioned: | January 1768 |
Out of service: | 5 April 1768 |
Fate: | Sold out of service, April 1768 |
General characteristics | |
Class & type: | 24-gun sixth-rate |
Tons burthen: | 450 55/94 bm |
Length: |
108 ft 1 in (32.9 m) (overall) 88 ft 3 in (26.9 m) (keel) |
Beam: | 31 ft 0 in (9.4 m) |
Depth of hold: | 10 ft 2 in (3.1 m) |
Propulsion: | Sail |
Sail plan: | ship-rigged |
Complement: | 140 (160 from 1745) |
Armament: |
20 x 9pdrs (upper deck) 2 x 9pdrs (lower deck) 2 x 3 pdrs (quarterdeck) |
HMS Greyhound was a 20-gun sixth-rate ship of the Royal Navy, built in 1740-41 according to the 1733 modifications of the 1719 Establishment, and in service in the West Indies, the Americas and the Caribbean. After extensive service including the single-handed capture of two other ships of equivalent size and armament, Greyhound was found unseaworthy in January 1768 and sold out of service three months later.[1]
References[]
- ↑ Winfield 2007, p. 253
Bibliography[]
- Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships of the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 9781844157006.
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