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|Ship fate=Sold on 30 December 1762 |
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|Ship type=[[Fourth rate]] |
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'''HMS ''Woolwich''''' was a 44-gun [[ |
'''HMS ''Woolwich''''' was a 44-gun [[fifth-rate]] ship of the [[Royal Navy]]. She was built by Moody Janverin and John Darley at [[Bucklers Hard]] on the [[Beaulieu River]] in [[Hampshire]], [[England]] and launched 7 March 1749. She took part in the unsuccessful [[Invasion of Martinique (1759)|attack on Martinique]] in January 1759.<ref>{{cite book|last = Clowes|first = William Laird|year = 1996|orig-year= 1900|title = The Royal Navy, A History from the Earliest Times to 1900, Volume III|page=201|publisher = Chatham Publishing|location = London|isbn = 1-86176-012-4}}</ref> |
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She was sold on 30 December 1762. |
She was sold on 30 December 1762. |
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[[File:Plan of the attack against Basseterre on the island of Guadeloupe by a squadron of his Majesty's ships of war commanded by Commodore Moore on ye 22d Jan. 1759 - also the incampments of the British (17727584474).jpg|thumb|Plan of the attack against Basseterre by a squadron of Royal Navy ships of war commanded by [[Sir John Moore, 1st Baronet|Commodore Moore]] on 22 January 1759 - also the encampments of the British. Shows ''Woolwich'' as the flagship]] |
[[File:Plan of the attack against Basseterre on the island of Guadeloupe by a squadron of his Majesty's ships of war commanded by Commodore Moore on ye 22d Jan. 1759 - also the incampments of the British (17727584474).jpg|thumb|Plan of the attack against Basseterre by a squadron of Royal Navy ships of war commanded by [[Sir John Moore, 1st Baronet|Commodore Moore]] on 22 January 1759 - also the encampments of the British. Shows ''Woolwich'' as the flagship]] |
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| Name | Woolwich |
| Builder | Moody Janverin and John Darley, Bucklers Hard, Hampshire |
| Launched | 7 March 1749 |
| Fate | Sold on 30 December 1762 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Fourth rate |
| Tons burthen | 825 bm |
| Length | 133.5 ft (40.7 m) |
| Beam | 38 ft (11.6 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Armament | 44 guns of various weights of shot |
HMS Woolwich was a 44-gun fifth-rate ship of the Royal Navy. She was built by Moody Janverin and John Darley at Bucklers Hard on the Beaulieu River in Hampshire, England and launched 7 March 1749. She took part in the unsuccessful attack on Martinique in January 1759.[1]
She was sold on 30 December 1762.
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Citations
[edit]- ^ Clowes, William Laird (1996) [1900]. The Royal Navy, A History from the Earliest Times to 1900, Volume III. London: Chatham Publishing. p. 201. ISBN 1-86176-012-4.
References
[edit]- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
External links
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