HMS Firm (1759)

HMS Firm was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 15 January 1759 at Blackwall Yard, London.[1]

History
Great Britain
Name:	HMS Firm
Ordered:	11 August 1756
Builder:	Perry, Blackwall Yard
Launched:	15 January 1759
Fate:	Sold out of the service, 1791
Notes:	Harbour service from 1784
General characteristics [1]
Class and type:	Edgar-class ship of the line
Tons burthen:	1297 tons
Length:	154 ft (47 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	43 ft 6 in (13.26 m)
Depth of hold:	18 ft 4 in (5.59 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full-rigged ship
Armament:	60 guns: Gundeck: 24 × 24 pdrs Upper gundeck: 26 × 12 pdrs Quarterdeck: 8 × 6 pdrs Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

Her carpenter from 1775 was James Wallis, who had previously served aboard HMS Resolution with Captain James Cook on his second voyage to the Pacific.[2]

She was on harbour service from 1784, and was broken up in 1791.[1]

Notes

1. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p177.
2. Beaglehole 1959, p.874

References

• Beaglehole, J.C., ed. (1959). The Journals of Captain James Cook on His Voyages of Discovery II, vol. I:The Voyage of the Resolution and Adventure 1772-1775. Cambridge University Press. OCLC 299995193.
• Lavery, Brian (2003). The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0851772528.