HMS Prudent (1768)
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Prudent |
Ordered | 7 January 1762 |
Builder | Woolwich Dockyard |
Launched | 28 September 1768 |
Honours and awards | Participated in: Battle of St. Kitts |
Fate | Sold out of the service, 1814 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Exeter-class ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 1367 (bm) |
Length | 158 ft 9 in (48.4 m) (gundeck) |
Beam | 44 ft (13.4 m) |
Depth of hold | 19 ft 1 in (5.8 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Armament |
HMS Prudent was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 28 September 1768 at Woolwich.[1]
She is listed as being on harbour service in 1779,[1] though she was back in regular service later in the American Revolutionary War as in 1782 she participated in the Battle of St. Kitts.[2]
Prudent was sold out of the service in 1814.[1]
Notes[]
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.
Categories:
- Ships of the line of the Royal Navy
- Exeter-class ships of the line
- 1768 ships
- United Kingdom ship of the line stubs