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| History | |
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| Name | HMS Somerset |
| Ordered | 4 September 1746 |
| Builder | Chatham Dockyard |
| Launched | 18 July 1748 |
| Fate | Wrecked, 2 November 1778 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type | 1745 Establishment 70-gun third rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 1,436 long tons (1,459.0 t) |
| Length | 160 ft (48.8 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 45 ft (13.7 m) |
| Depth of hold | 19 ft 4 in (5.9 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
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HMS Somerset was a 70-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Chatham Dockyard to the draught specified by the 1745 Establishment, and launched on 18 July 1748.[1] She was the third vessel of the Royal Navy to bear the name. Somerset was involved in several notable battles of the Seven Years' War and the American Revolutionary War. She was wrecked in a storm in 1778 when she ran aground off of Provincetown, on Cape Cod, Massachusetts.