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On 25 December 1742 ''Sunderland'' was ordered to be taken to pieces for rebuilding as a 58-gun fourth rate to the [[1719 Establishment#1741 proposals|1741 proposals]] of the 1719 Establishment at [[Portsmouth Dockyard]], from where she was relaunched on 4 April 1744.<ref name="Lavery, SoLv1 p172" /> |
On 25 December 1742 ''Sunderland'' was ordered to be taken to pieces for rebuilding as a 58-gun fourth rate to the [[1719 Establishment#1741 proposals|1741 proposals]] of the 1719 Establishment at [[Portsmouth Dockyard]], from where she was relaunched on 4 April 1744.<ref name="Lavery, SoLv1 p172" /> |
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''Sunderland'' sailed from [[Portsmouth]] on 6 May 1758, bound for [[Chennai|Madras]]. She sailed in convoy with the [[Seventy-four (ship)|74-gun]] {{HMS|Grafton|1750|6}} and the [[East Indiaman]] [[Pitt (c.1750 ship)|''Pitt'']]. |
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*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. |
*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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*Michael Phillips. [http://www.ageofnelson.org/MichaelPhillips/info.php?ref=5949 ''Sunderland'' (60) (1724)]. Michael Phillips' Ships of the Old Navy. Retrieved 1 August 2008. |
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Revision as of 14:33, 16 December 2014
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.svg){kind=small} Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Sunderland |
| Ordered | 31 March 1721 |
| Builder | list error: <br /> list (help) Chatham Dockyard, Chatham, Kent |
| Launched | 30 April 1724 |
| Fate | Foundered, 1761 |
| General characteristics as built[1] | |
| Class and type | 1719 Establishment 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 951 long tons (966.3 t) |
| Length | 144 ft (43.9 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 39 ft (11.9 m) |
| Depth of hold | 16 ft 5 in (5.0 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full rigged ship |
| Armament | list error: mixed text and list (help) 60 guns:
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| General characteristics after 1744 rebuild[2] | |
| Class and type | 1741 proposals 58-gun fourth rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 1,123 long tons (1,141.0 t) |
| Length | 147 ft (44.8 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 42 ft (12.8 m) |
| Depth of hold | 18 ft 1 in (5.5 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full rigged ship |
| Armament | list error: mixed text and list (help) 58 guns:
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HMS Sunderland was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built to the 1719 Establishment at Chatham Dockyard, and launched on 30 April 1724.[1]
On 25 December 1742 Sunderland was ordered to be taken to pieces for rebuilding as a 58-gun fourth rate to the 1741 proposals of the 1719 Establishment at Portsmouth Dockyard, from where she was relaunched on 4 April 1744.[2]
Sunderland sailed from Portsmouth on 6 May 1758, bound for Madras. She sailed in convoy with the 74-gun HMS Grafton and the East Indiaman Pitt.
On 1 January 1761, Sunderland was caught in a cyclone off Pondicherry, India, and foundered. claiming the lives of all aboard her.[3]
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References
- Hepper, David J. (1994). British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650–1859. Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot. ISBN 0-948864-30-3.
- 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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