HMS Tavistock (1747)

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

History
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
NameHMS Tavistock
Ordered18 October 1745
BuilderHugh Blaydes, Kingston upon Hull
Laid downNovember 1746
Launched26 August 1747
Commissioned25 December 1747 at builders
In service
  • 1747-1752
  • 1758-1760
FateBroken up at Woolwich Dockyard, 1768
General characteristics
Class and type1745 Establishment 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1,061 6⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • 144 ft 0 in (43.9 m) (gundeck)
  • 117 ft 8.5 in (35.9 m) (keel)
Beam41 ft 2 in (12.5 m)
Depth of hold17 ft 8 in (5.4 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement350
Armament
  • 50 guns:
  • Lower deck: 22 × 24 pdrs
  • Upper deck: 22 × 12 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 6 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

HMS Tavistock was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy.

She was built by Hugh Blaydes at Blaydes Yard in Kingston upon Hull to the draught specified in the 1745 Establishment. She was fitted out in Portsmouth and launched on 26 August 1747.[1]

She had two commanders: Captain Justinian Nutt and Commodore Francis Holburne and had a crew of 350 men. She served in North America and the Caribbean (based at the Leeward Islands.[2]

Tavistock was converted to serve as a hulk in 1758, and was broken up in Woolwich in 1768.[1]

  1. ^ a b Winfield 2007, p.152
  2. ^ "British Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Tavistock' (1747)". threedecks.org. Retrieved 22 October 2022.