HMS Stirling Castle (1775)

Worcester-class ship of the line

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Stirling Castle.

The unfortunate Loss of His Majesty's Ship Stirling Castle - after having been dismasted in the Great Hurricane Octr 6th 1780 - was wrecked near the Silver Keys, off the NE end of Island Hispaniola, by William Elliott and Valentine Green

History
Great Britain
Name| Stirling Castle
Ordered| 12 October 1768
Builder| Chatham Dockyard
Laid down| October 1769
Launched| 28 June 1775
Fate| Wrecked, 5 October 1780
General characteristics [1]
Class and type| Worcester-class ship of the line
Tons burthen| 1377 21⁄94 (bm)
Length| 159 ft (48 m) (gundeck)
Beam| 44 ft 6 in (13.56 m)
Depth of hold| 19 ft 10 in (6.05 m)
Propulsion| Sails
Sail plan| Full-rigged ship
Armament|

* 64 guns:
* Gundeck: 26 × 24 pdrs
* Upper gundeck: 26 × 18 pdrs
* Quarterdeck: 10 × 4 pdrs
* Forecastle: 2 × 9 pdrs

HMS Stirling Castle was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Israel Pownoll and launched on 28 June 1775 at Chatham.[1]

She was wrecked on 5 October 1780 on the Silver Keys, off Cap François, off the coast of Cuba with the loss of most of her crew.[2] As the Massachusetts ship Aurora was sailing from Boston to Port-au-Prince she came upon the wreckage of Stirling Castle and was able to save a midshipman and four seamen.[3]

## Citations[edit]

1. ^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p181.
2. ^ "The Marine List". New Lloyd's List (1247). 6 March 1781.[dead link]
3. ^ Hepper (1994), p.59.

## References[edit]

* Hepper, David J. (1994) British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650–1859. (Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot). ISBN 0-948864-30-3
* 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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