HMS Dreadnought (1742)

History
Great Britain
Name:	HMS Dreadnought
Ordered:	5 December 1740
Builder:	Wells, Deptford
Launched:	23 June 1742
Fate:	Sold, 1784
General characteristics [1]
Class and type:	1733 proposals 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	1,093 long tons (1,110.5 t)
Length:	144 ft (43.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	41 ft 5 in (12.6 m)
Depth of hold:	16 ft 11 in (5.2 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	60 guns: Gundeck: 24 × 24 pdrs Upper gundeck: 26 × 9 pdrs Quarterdeck: 8 × 6 pdrs Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

HMS Dreadnought was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built according to the 1733 proposals of the 1719 Establishment at Deptford, and was launched on 23 June 1742.^[1]

Dreadnought served until 1784, when she was sold out of the service.^[1]

Notes

1. Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 171.

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.