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HMS Nonsuch (1774)
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| Career (UK) |
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| Name: |
HMS Nonsuch |
| Ordered: |
30 November 1769 |
| Builder: |
Plymouth Dockyard |
| Laid down: |
January 1772 |
| Launched: |
17 December 1774 |
| Fate: |
Broken up, 1802 |
| General characteristics |
| Class and type: |
Intrepid-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: |
1372 tons (1394 tonnes) |
| Length: |
159 ft 6 in (48.6 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: |
44 ft 4 in (13.5 m) |
| Depth of hold: |
19 ft (5.8 m) |
| Propulsion: |
Sails |
| Sail plan: |
Full rigged ship |
| Armament: |
64 guns:
- Gundeck: 26 × 24 pdrs
- Upper gundeck: 26 × 18 pdrs
- Quarterdeck: 10 × 4 pdrs
- Forecastle: 2 × 9 pdrs
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HMS Nonsuch was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 17 December 1774 at Plymouth.
She fought at the Battle of the Saintes (9 April - 12 April 1782). From 1794 she served as a floating battery, and in 1802 Nonsuch was broken up.
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.
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