HMS Grafton (1750)
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 Great Britain |
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| Name: | HMS Grafton |
| Ordered: | 6 August 1745 |
| Builder: | Portsmouth Dockyard |
| Launched: | 29 March 1750 |
| Fate: | Sold, 1767 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class & type: | 1745 Establishment 70-gun third rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 1414 (bm) |
| Length: | 160 ft (48.8 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 45 ft (13.7 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 19 ft 4 in (5.9 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Complement: | |
HMS Grafton was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Portsmouth Dockyard to the draught specified by the 1745 Establishment, and launched on 29 March 1750.[1]
Grafton served until 1767, when she was sold out of the navy.[1]
Notes
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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.
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