HMS Crown (1782)

Plan of the orlop deck of Crown
History
Great Britain
NameHMS Crown
BuilderPerry, Blackwall Yard
Laid downSeptember 1779
Launched15 March 1782
FateBroken up, 1816
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeCrown-class ship of the line
Tons burthen1405 894 (bm)
Length160 ft 5 in (48.90 m) (gundeck)
Beam44 ft 10 in (13.67 m)
Depth of hold19 ft 3.5 in (5.880 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • 64 guns:
  • Gundeck: 26 × 24 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 10 × 4 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 9 pdrs

HMS Crown was a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 15 March 1782 at Blackwall Yard.[1]

Crown and her squadron running up the Channel towards Deal where other ships of the fleet are anchored offshore, ca 1784. Thomas Whitcombe

She was converted to serve as a prison ship in 1798, and was broken up in 1816.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol. 1, p. 181.