HMS Burford (1757)
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 Great Britain |
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| Name: | HMS Burford |
| Ordered: | 19 January 1754 |
| Builder: | Chatham Dockyard |
| Launched: | 1757 |
| Fate: | Sold, 1785 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class & type: | 1754 amendments 70-gun third rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 1424 |
| Length: | 162 ft (49.4 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 44 ft 8 in (13.6 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 19 ft (5.8 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
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HMS Burford was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Chatham Dockyard to the draught specified by the 1745 Establishment as amended in 1754, and launched in 1757.[1]
The ship largely served in North America and the West Indies[2]
Burford was sold out of the navy in 1785.[1]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 174.
- ↑ http://www.brainwaves.org.uk/downloads/explorations_Jrm.pdf
References
- Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
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