HMS Lenox (1758)
Appearance
Lenox
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History | |
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Great Britain | |
Name | HMS Lenox |
Ordered | 17 November 1755 |
Builder | Chatham Dockyard |
Laid down | 8 April 1756 |
Launched | 25 February 1758 |
Commissioned | 26 May 1758 |
Fate | Sunk as breakwater, 1784; later raised and broken up May 1789 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Dublin-class ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 157937⁄94 (bm) |
Length | 165 ft 6 in (50.44 m) (gundeck) |
Beam | 46 ft 6 in (14.17 m) |
Depth of hold | 19 ft 9 in (6.02 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Armament |
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HMS Lenox was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 25 February 1758 at Chatham Dockyard.[1]
She was sunk as a breakwater in 1784.[1]
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- 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.