HMS Medway (1755)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Medway.

History

United Kingdom
Name:	HMS Medway
Ordered:	24 April 1751
Builder:	Deptford Dockyard
Launched:	14 February 1755
Fate:	Broken up, 1811
General characteristics ^[1]
Class and type:	1745 Establishment 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	1,204 long tons (1,223.3 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 Medway was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Deptford Dockyard to the draught specified by the 1745 Establishment, and launched on 14 February 1755.^[1]

In 1787 Medway was converted to serve as a receiving ship, and remained in this role until 1811, when she was broken up.^[1]

Notes

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.

1745 Establishment

100-gun first rates	Royal George Britannia

80-gun third rates	Princess Amelia

70-gun third rates	Vanguard Somerset Orford Grafton Swiftsure Northumberland Buckingham

60-gun fourth rates	St Albans Anson Tiger Weymouth York Medway

50-gun fourth rates	Greenwich Severn Tavistock Assistance Newcastle Falmouth Preston

1750 amendments

1752 amendments

1754 amendments

70-gun third rates	Burford Dorsetshire Boyne

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