HMS Colchester (1746)

Ship of the line of the Royal Navy

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Colchester.

Colchester

History
Great Britain
Name| HMS Colchester
Ordered| 6 November 1744
Builder| Carter, Southampton
Launched| 20 September 1746
Fate| Broken up, 1773
General characteristics [1]
Class & type| 1741 proposals 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen| 978
Length| 140 ft (42.7 m) (gundeck)
Beam| 40 ft (12.2 m)
Depth of hold| 17 ft 2+1⁄2 in (5.2 m)
Propulsion| Sails
Sail plan| Full-rigged ship
Armament|

* 50 guns:
* Gundeck: 22 × 24 pdrs
* Upper gundeck: 22 × 12 pdrs
* Quarterdeck: 4 × 6 pdrs
* Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

HMS Colchester was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Southampton according to the dimensions laid down in the 1741 proposals of the 1719 Establishment, and launched on 20 September 1745.[1] She was ordered as a replacement for the previous HMS Colchester, which had been wrecked just two months after being launched.[1][2]

Colchester served until 1762, when she was found to be unfit for service.[3] She was eventually broken up in 1773.[1]

## Notes

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1. ^ a b c d Lavery, Ships of the Line vol. 1, p. 172.
2. ^ Ships of the Old Navy, Colchester (1744).
3. ^ Ships of the Old Navy, Colchester (1746).

## References

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* Lavery, Brian (1983) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
* Michael Phillips. Colchester (50) (1744). Michael Phillips' Ships of the Old Navy. Retrieved 10 August 2008.
* Michael Phillips. Colchester (50) (1746). Michael Phillips' Ships of the Old Navy. Retrieved 10 August 2008.

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1719 Establishment ships

1719 Establishment

| 100-gun first-rates|

* Royal Sovereign

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90-gun second-rates|

* Prince George
* Union
* Namur
* Neptune
* Marlborough

80-gun third-rates|

* Lancaster
* Princess Amelia
* Cornwall
* Norfolk
* Somerset
* Princess Caroline
* Russell

70-gun third-rates|

* Edinburgh
* Northumberland
* Burford
* Captain
* Stirling Castle
* Berwick
* Lenox
* Kent
* Grafton
* Ipswich
* Buckingham
* Prince of Orange

60-gun fourth-rates|

* Canterbury
* Plymouth
* Sunderland
* Windsor
* Deptford
* Swallow
* Tilbury
* Warwick
* Pembroke
* Dunkirk

50-gun fourth-rates|

* Falkland
* Chatham
* Colchester
* Leopard
* Argyll
* Portland
* Assistance
* Romney
* Salisbury
* Oxford
* Falmouth
* Lichfield
* Greenwich
* Newcastle

1733 proposals

| 100-gun first-rates|

* Victory

|

90-gun second-rates|

* Duke
* St George

80-gun third-rates|

* Boyne
* Cumberland

70-gun third-rates|

* Elizabeth
* Suffolk
* Essex
* Nassau
* Prince Frederick
* Bedford
* Royal Oak
* Stirling Castle
* Monmouth
* Revenge
* Captain
* Berwick

60-gun fourth-rates|

* Weymouth
* Strafford
* Worcester
* Augusta
* Dragon
* Jersey
* Superb
* Lion
* Kingston
* Rupert
* Dreadnought
* Medway
* Princess Mary
* Exeter
* Nottingham

50-gun fourth-rates|

* Gloucester
* St Albans
* Severn
* Guernsey
* Hampshire
* Leopard
* Nonsuch
* Sutherland
* Antelope
* Dartmouth
* Woolwich
* Preston

1741 proposals

| 90-gun second-rates|

* Ramillies
* Prince

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80-gun third rates|

* Newark

74-gun third-rates|

* Culloden

66-gun third-rates|

* Devonshire
* Lancaster

64-gun third-rates|

* Northumberland
* Edinburgh
* Hampton Court
* Kent
* Yarmouth

58-gun fourth-rates|

* Princess Louisa
* Defiance
* Canterbury
* Sunderland
* Tilbury
* Eagle

50-gun fourth-rates|

* Chester
* Harwich
* Winchester
* Maidstone
* Colchester
* Portland
* Falkland
* Salisbury
* Advice
* Gloucester
* Norwich
* Ruby
* Colchester
* Lichfield
* Panther

* Preceded by: 1706 Establishment
* Followed by: 1745 Establishment

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