HMS Greyhound (1741)

History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Greyhound
Ordered	5 December 1740
Builder	Thomas Snelgrove, Limehouse
Laid down	26 January 1741
Launched	19 September 1741
Completed	10 November 1741
Commissioned	September 1741
Decommissioned	January 1768
Out of service	5 April 1768
Fate	Sold out of service, April 1768
General characteristics
Class and type	24-gun sixth-rate
Tons burthen	450 55/94 bm
Length	108 ft 1 in (32.9 m) (overall) 88 ft 3 in (26.9 m) (keel)
Beam	31 ft 0 in (9.4 m)
Depth of hold	10 ft 2 in (3.1 m)
Propulsion	Sail
Sail plan	ship-rigged
Complement	140 (160 from 1745)
Armament	20 × 9pdrs (upper deck) 2 × 9pdrs (lower deck) 2 × 3 pdrs (quarterdeck)

HMS Greyhound was a 20-gun sixth-rate ship of the Royal Navy, built in 1740-41 according to the 1733 modifications of the 1719 Establishment, and in service in the West Indies, the Americas and the Caribbean. After extensive service including the single-handed capture of two other ships of equivalent size and armament,^[1] Greyhound was driven ashore in the River Thames at Erith, Kent in January 1768.^[2] She was consequently declared unseaworthy and sold out of service three months later.^[1]