HMS Duke of York (1763)

Cutter of the Royal Navy

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Duke of York.

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History

Great Britain
Name| Duke of York
Namesake| Duke of York
Ordered| 1760
Launched| 1763
Commissioned| 1763
Decommissioned| 1766
In service| 1763–1766
Out of service| 1766
Stricken| 1766
Fate| Sold 1766
General characteristics
Class and type| Gaff cutter
Length|

* 40 ft 6 in (12.3 m) (upper deck)
* 31 ft 9.75 in (9.7 m) (keel)

Beam| 18 ft (5.5 m)
Draught| 7 ft 4 in (2.2 m)
Installed power| sail
Complement| 24
Armament| 4 × 3 pounder guns, 8 falconets

HMS Duke of York was a British 4-gun cutter and first Royal Navy ship named after the Duke of York.

The ship was purchased by the Navy for £370 on 16 March 1763 and fitted out at Woolwich on 3 April (additional cost of £410 1s 10d).[1] The vessel Entered service in April of the same year under command of Lieutenant Thomas Montagu and assigned to the Thames Estuary.

In June 1766 it was withdrawn to the reserve and on 1 July 1766 the British Admiralty sold it for £40.[2]

## References

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1. ^ Winfield, Rif. British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714−1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates., p. 325
2. ^ Winfield, p.325