HMS Kent (1798)

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

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History
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
NameHMS Kent
Ordered30 April 1795
BuilderJohn Perry and Company Blackwall Yard
Laid downOctober 1795
Launched17 January 1798
Commissioned3 April 1798 at Woolwich Dockyard
In service
  • 1798–1804
  • 1805–1809
  • 1829–1842
  • 1855–1881
Honours and
awards		Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Egypt"[1]
FateBroken up, 1881
General characteristics 1798–1817
Class and typeAjax-class ship of the line
Tons burthen1,96373⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • 182 ft 8 in (55.68 m) (gundeck)
  • 149 ft 11 in (45.69 m) (keel)
Beam49 ft 7.5 in (15.126 m)
Depth of hold21 ft 5 in (6.53 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement690
Armament
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32-pdrs
  • Upper deck: 28 × 24-pdrs
  • QD: 14 × 9-pdrs
  • Fc: 4 × 9-pdrs
General characteristics 1820–1881
Class and typeAjax-class ship of the line
Tons burthen2,00962⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • 184 ft 2.5 in (56.147 m) (gundeck)
  • 150 ft 10.5 in (45.987 m) (keel)
Beam50 ft 0 in (15.24 m)
Depth of hold21 ft 10 in (6.65 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32-pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 24-pdrs
  • QD: 4 × 9-pdrs & 8 × 32-pdr carronades
  • Fc: 4 × 9-pdrs

HMS Kent was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 17 January 1798 at Blackwall Yard.[2]

  1. ^ "No. 21077". The London Gazette. 15 March 1850. pp. 791–792.
  2. ^ Lavery 2003, p. 184