HMS Maidstone (1744)

Ship of the line of the Royal Navy

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

Maidstone

History
Great Britain
Name| HMS Maidstone
Ordered| 16 May 1743
Builder| Wells, Rotherhithe
Launched| 12 October 1744
Fate| Wrecked, 1747
General characteristics [1]
Class & type| 1741 proposals 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen| 979
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

A nocturlabe from HMS Maidstone

HMS Maidstone was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Rotherhithe to the dimensions laid down in the 1741 proposals of the 1719 Establishment, and launched on 12 October 1744.[1]

Maidstone had a short life, being wrecked in 1747.[1]

## Notes

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1. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 172.

## 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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