HMS St Albans (1747)

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'St Albans' Floated out at Deptford, 1747 by John Cleveley, the Elder
Career (Great Britain) Royal Navy Ensign
Name: HMS St Albans
Ordered: 6 August 1745
Builder: West, Deptford
Launched: 23 February 1747
Fate: Sold, 1765
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: 1745 Establishment 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1,207 long tons (1,226.4 t)
Length: 150 ft (45.7 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 42 ft 8 in (13.0 m)
Depth of hold: 18 ft 6 in (5.6 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:

60 guns:

  • Gundeck: 24 × 24 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 8 × 6 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

HMS St Albans was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Deptford to the draught specified by the 1745 Establishment, and launched on 23 February 1747.[1]

St Albans served until 1765, when she was sold out of the navy.[1]

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p173.

References

  • 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.