HMS Tiger (1747)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Tiger.
History
Great Britain
Name: HMS Tiger
Ordered: 17 March 1746
Builder: Wells & Stanton, Rotherhithe
Launched: 23 November 1747
Fate: Sold, 1765
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: 1745 Establishment 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1,218 long tons (1,237.5 t)
Length: 150 ft (45.7 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 42 ft 8 in (13.0 m)
Depth of hold: 18 ft 6 in (5.6 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:
  • 60 guns:
  • Gundeck: 24 × 24 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 8 × 6 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

HMS Tiger was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Rotherhithe to the draught specified by the 1745 Establishment, and launched on 23 November 1747.[1]

She participated in the Battle of Chandannagar.[2]

Tiger was converted to serve as a hulk in 1760, and in 1765 she was sold out of the navy.[1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p173.
  2. ↑ Naravane, M.S. (2014). Battles of the Honorourable East India Company. A.P.H. Publishing Corporation. p. 38. ISBN 9788131300343.

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.


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