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HBMS Canterbury (1744)

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Canterbury, 60 Guns

Details
Nationality	British
Previously	Canterbury
Ordered	1741/03/05	B057
Laid Down	1742/03/01	B057
Launched	1744/02/05	B057
Shipyard	Plymouth DY	B057
Master Shipbuilder	Thomas Fellowes	B057
Rate	Fourth Rate
Type	Ship of the Line
Out Service	1770/07/15	B057
Fate	Broken Up	B057

Dimensions
B057		Type	Metric
Length of Gundeck	147' 0"	Imperial Feet	44.81
Length of Keel	118' 9"	Imperial Feet	36.2
Breadth	42' 0"	Imperial Feet	12.8
Depth in Hold	18' 1"	Imperial Feet	5.51
Burthen	1,117	Tons BM

Armament
1745/01	B057	Broadside Weight = 474
Lower Gun Deck	24	British 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck	26	British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck	8	British 6-Pounder
Forecastle	2	British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement
Date	Men	Notes	Source
1745/01	420	Establishment	B057

Flag Officers
Date From	Date to	Rank/Position	Name	Source
1746	1746	Commodore	Charles Knowles	B057
1747	1749	Rear-Admiral	Charles Knowles	B057
Commanders
Date From	Date to	Rank/Position	Name	Source
1745/01	1747/09	Post Captain	Daniel Hore	B057
1747/09	1748/03	Post Captain	Robert Erskine	B057
1748/03	1748/07	Post Captain	David Brodie	B057
1748/07	1749	Post Captain	Edward Clarke	B057
1757/12	1762	Lieutenant	William Mainwaring	B057

Service Record
Date	Notes	Source
1745/01	Commissioned for the Western squadron	B057
1745/04/20	Completed at a cost of 23,299.11.7d including fitting	B057
1746/05	To Louisbourg	B057
1747/05	To Louisbourg	B057
1747/11	Returned to England	B057
1748/03	At Jamaica	B057
1748/03/08	In attack on Port Louis	B057
1748/04/05	In attack on Santiago	B057
1749/08/11	Surveyed	B057
1756	Hulk at Plymouth	B057
1757/04/21	Ordered to be fitted as a hospital, but the conversoin was never undertaken	B057
1757/12	Recommissioned at Plymouth	B057
1764/11/27	Surveyed	B057
1770/07/15	Break up completed at Portsmouth for £260.18.6d	B057

Fleets
Fleet Title	Commander	Date From	Date To	Source
No Fleets Listed

Actions & Battles
Date		Source
1748/10/01	Battle of Havana

Notes on Ship
No Notes Entered

Sources
Id	Link or Description	Author
B057	British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792	Rif Winfield

Last Updated :2009/02/17 at 20:03:11 by Cy

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