HMS Boyne (1766)

History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Boyne
Ordered	13 May 1758
Builder	Plymouth Dockyard
Laid down	9 August 1758
Launched	31 May 1766
Fate	Broken up, 1783
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	1754 amendments 70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	1426 87⁄94
Length	162 ft (49.4 m) (gundeck)
Beam	44 ft 8 in (13.6 m)
Draught	11 ft 4+1⁄2 in (3.5 m) bow 17 ft 9 in (5.4 m) stern
Depth of hold	19 ft (5.8 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	520
Armament	70 guns Gundeck: 28 × 32-pdrs Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pdrs Quarterdeck: 12 × 9-pdrs Forecastle: 2 × 9-pdrs

HMS Boyne was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Plymouth Dockyard to the draught specified in the 1745 Establishment as amended in 1754, and launched on 31 May 1766.^[1] She was first commissioned for the Falkland Crisis of 1770 after which, in 1774, she sailed for North America. From March 1776, she served in the English Channel then, in May 1778, she was sent to the West Indies where she took part in the battles of St Lucia, Grenada and Martinique. In November 1780, Boyne returned home, where she was fitted for ordinary at Plymouth. In May 1783, she was broken up.