HMS Dreadnought (1742)

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

Dreadnought
History
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
NameHMS Dreadnought
Ordered5 December 1740
BuilderWells, Deptford
Launched23 June 1742
FateSold 1784
History
Great Britain
NameDreadnought
NamesakePrevious name retained
FateFoundered 1803
General characteristics [1]
Class and type1733 proposals 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1093 (bm)
Length144 ft (43.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam41 ft 5 in (12.6 m)
Depth of hold16 ft 11 in (5.2 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • 60 guns:
  • Gundeck: 24 × 24-pounder guns
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 9-pounder guns
  • QD: 8 × 6-pounder guns
  • Fc: 2 × 6-pounder guns

HMS Dreadnought was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built according to the 1733 proposals of the 1719 Establishment at Deptford, and was launched on 23 June 1742.[1] Dreadnought served until 1784, when she was sold out of the service.[1]

Retaining her name, Dreadnought operated as a merchant ship after her naval service until she foundered in the English Channel, 3 leagues — 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi) — south of North Foreland, Kent, England, in 1803.[2]

  1. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 171.
  2. ^ Larn, Richard (1977). Goodwin Sands Shipwrecks. Newton Abbott: David and Charles. p. 69. ISBN 0-7153-7202-5.