HMS Essex (1760)

HMS Essex was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 28 August 1760 at Rotherhithe.[1]

Ship plan of Essex
History
Great Britain
Name:	HMS Essex
Ordered:	31 January 1759
Builder:	Wells and Stanton, Rotherhithe
Launched:	28 August 1760
Fate:	Sold out of the service, 1799
Notes:	Harbour service from 1777
General characteristics [1]
Class and type:	Essex-class ship of the line
Tons burthen:	1378​^65⁄94 (bm)
Length:	158 ft (48 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	44 ft 2 in (13.46 m)
Depth of hold:	18 ft 10 in (5.74 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full-rigged ship
Armament:	Gundeck: 26 × 24-pounder guns Upper gundeck: 26 × 18-pounder guns QD: 10 × 4-pounder guns Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns

In March 1762 Essex captured three small vessels:[2]

• Amis, a brig (1 March)
• Esperance, a privateer of four guns, six swivel guns, and 45 men (6 March)
• Bien Aimé, a privateer of four guns and 52 men (7 March)

Fate

Essex was on harbour service from 1777, and was sold out of the service in 1799.[1]

Citations

1. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p178.
2. "No. 10190". The London Gazette. 9 March 1762. p. 2.

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.