HMS Pembroke (1733)

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History
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
NameHMS Pembroke
Ordered8 September 1726
BuilderWoolwich Dockyard
Launched27 November 1733
FateWrecked, 1749
General characteristics [1]
Class and type1719 Establishment 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen956
Length144 ft (43.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam39 ft (11.9 m)
Depth of hold16 ft 5 in (5.0 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • 60 guns:
  • Gundeck: 24 × 24 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 9 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 8 × 6 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

HMS Pembroke was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built to the dimensions of the 1719 Establishment at Woolwich Dockyard, and launched on 27 November 1733.[1]

Pembroke shown here at the First Battle of Cape Finisterre (1747)

In April 1749, whilst near Fort St David, Pembroke, along with Namur and the hospital ship , was wrecked in a storm, with the loss of 330 of her crew, only 12 being saved.[2][3]

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p170.
  2. ^ Ships of the Old Navy, Pembroke.
  3. ^ "(untitled)". Lloyd's List. No. 1479. Lloyd's of London. 30 January 1749.

References[]

  • Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
  • Michael Phillips. Pembroke (60) (1733). Michael Phillips' Ships of the Old Navy. Retrieved 1 August 2008.


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