HMS Stirling Castle (1775)

	The unfortunate Loss of His Majesty's Ship Stirling Castle - after having been dismasted in the Great Hurricane Octr 6th 1780 - was wrecked near the Silver Keys, off the NE end of Island Hispaniola, by William Elliott and Valentine Green
History
Great Britain
Name	Stirling Castle
Ordered	12 October 1768
Builder	Chatham Dockyard
Laid down	October 1769
Launched	28 June 1775
Fate	Wrecked, 5 October 1780
General characteristics
Class and type	Worcester-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	1377 21⁄94 (bm)
Length	159 ft (48 m) (gundeck)
Beam	44 ft 6 in (13.56 m)
Depth of hold	19 ft 10 in (6.05 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	64 guns:; Gundeck: 26 × 24 pdrs; Upper gundeck: 26 × 18 pdrs; Quarterdeck: 10 × 4 pdrs; Forecastle: 2 × 9 pdrs;

HMS Stirling Castle was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Israel Pownoll and launched on 28 June 1775 at Chatham.^[1]

She was wrecked on 5 October 1780 on the Silver Keys, off Cap François, off the coast of Cuba with the loss of most of her crew.^[2] As the Massachusetts ship Aurora was sailing from Boston to Port-au-Prince she came upon the wreckage of Stirling Castle and was able to save a midshipman and four seamen.^[3]

Citations

^ ^a ^b Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p181.
^ "The Marine List". New Lloyd's List (1247). 6 March 1781.^{[dead link]}
^ Hepper (1994), p.59.

References

Hepper, David J. (1994) British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650–1859. (Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot). ISBN 0-948864-30-3
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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[Lavery,_SoLv1_p181-1] Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p181.

[NLL060381-2] "The Marine List". New Lloyd's List (1247). 6 March 1781.^{[dead link]}

[3] Hepper (1994), p.59.

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