HMS Worcester (1735)

History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Worcester
Ordered	4 September 1733
Builder	Portsmouth Dockyard
Launched	20 December 1735
Fate	Broken up, 1765
General characteristics
Class and type	1733 proposals 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	1061 (bm)
Length	144 ft (43.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam	41 ft 5 in (12.6 m)
Depth of hold	16 ft 11 in (5.2 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	60 guns:; Gundeck: 24 × 24-pounder guns; Upper gundeck: 26 × 9-pounder guns; Quarterdeck: 8 × 6-pounder guns; Forecastle: 2 × 6-pounder guns;

HMS Worcester was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Joseph Allin the younger at Portsmouth Dockyard to the 1733 proposals of the 1719 Establishment, and launched on 20 December 1735.^[1]

She took part in the battle of Portobello under Captain Perry Mayne in 1739.

Worcester was broken up in 1765.^[1]

Notes

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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