HMS Deptford (1732)

Ship of the line of the Royal Navy

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

Deptford

History
Great Britain
Name| HMS Deptford
Ordered| 3 May 1726
Builder| Deptford Dockyard
Launched| 22 August 1732
Fate| Sold, 1767
General characteristics [1]
Class and type| 1719 Establishment 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen| 951 (bm)
Length| 144 ft (43.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam| 39 ft (11.9 m)
Depth of hold| 16 ft 5 in (5.0 m)
Propulsion| Sails
Sail plan| Full-rigged ship
Armament|

* Gundeck: 24 × 24-pounder guns
* Upper gundeck: 26 × 9-pounder guns
* QD: 8 × 6-pounder guns
* Fc: 2 × 6-pounder guns

HMS Deptford was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built to the dimensions of the 1719 Establishment at Deptford Dockyard, and launched on 22 August 1732.[1]

In 1752, she was cut down to a 50-gun ship.

On 31 January 1759 Montagu and Deptford chased a French privateer that Montagu captured the next day. The privateer was Marquis de Martigny, of Granville. She had a crew of 104 men under the command of M. Le Crouse, and was armed with twenty 6-pounder guns.[2]

In 1761 Deptford sailed to Jamaica carrying a timekeeper built by John Harrison, as a part of a series of experiments to determine longitude at sea.

## Fate

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Deptford was sold out of the navy in 1767.[1]

## Citations

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1. ^ a b c Lavery, B., Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 170.
2. ^ "No. 9872". The London Gazette. 20 February 1759. p. 1.

## 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.

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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

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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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