&sq=&lang=&file=File:Falkland_(1744)_RMG_J3579.jpg) Gloucester
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| History | |
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| Name | Gloucester |
| Namesake | Gloucester |
| Ordered | 15 June 1743 |
| Builder | Whetstone & Grenville, Rotherhithe |
| Laid down | 12 July 1743 |
| Launched | 23 March 1745 |
| Completed | 10 May 1745 |
| Commissioned | March 1745 |
| Honours and awards | Second Battle of Cape Finisterre, 1747 |
| Fate | Broken up, 13 February 1764 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | 1741 revisions 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 98567⁄94 bm |
| Length | 140 ft 8.5 in (42.9 m) (Gundeck) |
| Beam | 40 ft 2.5 in (12.3 m) |
| Depth of hold | 17 ft 2.5 in (5.2 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 300 |
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HMS Gloucester was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line built for the Royal Navy in the 1740s. She participated in the 1740–48 War of the Austrian Succession, capturing four French privateers. The ship was broken up in 1764.