HMS Dorsetshire (1757)

HMS Dorsetshire was a 70-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Chatham Dockyard to the draught specified by the 1745 Establishment, amended in 1754, and launched on 13 December 1757.[1]

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

Dorsetshire
History
Great Britain
Name: HMS Dorsetshire
Ordered: 19 January 1754
Builder: Chatham Dockyard
Launched: 13 December 1757
Fate: Broken up, 1775
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: 1754 amendments 70-gun third-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1436
Length: 162 ft (49.4 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 44 ft 8 in (13.6 m)
Depth of hold: 19 ft (5.8 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full-rigged ship
Armament:
  • 70 guns:
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 12 × 9 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 9 pdrs

At the Action of 29 April 1758, Dorestshire defeated and captured French ship of the line Raisonnable in the Bay of Biscay.[2]

Dorsetshire served until 1775, when she was broken up.[1]

Notes
  1. Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 174.
  2. "No. 9790". The London Gazette. 9 May 1758. p. 1.

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.


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