HMS Nonsuch (1774)

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

Nonsuch
History
Great Britain
NameHMS Nonsuch
Ordered30 November 1769
BuilderIsrael Pownoll, Plymouth Dockyard
Laid downJanuary 1772
Launched17 December 1774
FateBroken up, 1802
General characteristics [1][2]
Class and typeIntrepid-class ship of the line
Tons burthen1373 (bm)
Length159 ft 5 in (48.6 m) (gundeck);130 ft 10+1⁄2 in (39.9 m) (keel)
Beam44 ft 0+7⁄8 in (13.4 m)
Depth of hold19 ft 0+1⁄2 in (5.8 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement
  • As third rate: 500 (491 from 1794)
  • As floating battery: 230 officers and men, 14 Marines, and 50 supernumeraries.[3]
Armament
  • As third rate:
    • Gun deck: 26 × 24-pounder guns
    • Upper gun deck: 26 × 18-pounder guns
    • QD: 10 × 4-pounder guns
    • Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns
  • As floating battery:
    • Lower deck: 20 × 68-pounder carronades
    • Upper deck: 26 × 24-pounder guns

HMS Nonsuch was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Israel Pownoll and launched on 17 December 1774 at Plymouth.[2] She was broken up in 1802.

  1. ^ Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 181.
  2. ^ a b Winfield (2008), p. 97.
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