HMS Dorsetshire (1757)

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

Dorsetshire
History
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
NameHMS Dorsetshire
Ordered19 January 1754
BuilderChatham Dockyard
Launched13 December 1757
FateBroken up, 1775
General characteristics [1]
Class & type1754 amendments 70-gun third-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1436
Length162 ft (49.4 m) (gundeck)
Beam44 ft 8 in (13.6 m)
Depth of hold19 ft (5.8 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • 70 guns:
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 12 × 9 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 9 pdrs

HMS Dorsetshire 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, amended in 1754, and launched on 13 December 1757.[1]

At the action of 29 April 1758, Dorsetshire defeated and captured French ship of the line Raisonnable in the Bay of Biscay.[2]

Dorsetshire served until 1775, when she was broken up.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 174.
  2. ^ "No. 9790". The London Gazette. 9 May 1758. p. 1.

References

  • Lavery, Brian (1983) The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650–1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.


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