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HMS Achilles (1757)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Achilles.
HMS Achilles was a 60-gun fourth-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Barnard and Turner at Harwich to the draught specified by the 1745 Establishment as amended in 1750, and launched in 1757. She was ordered in November 1755. HMS Achilles was a Dunkirk-class fourth rate, along with HMS Dunkirk and HMS America.[1]
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Name | HMS Achilles |
Ordered | 14 November 1755 |
Builder | Barnard & Turner, Harwich |
Laid down | December 1755 |
Launched | 6 February 1757 |
Completed | By 17 May 1757 |
Fate | Sold on 1 June 1784 |
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Class and type | 1750 amendments 60-gun fourth-rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 1,234 21/94 bm |
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Beam | 42 ft 8 in (13.0 m) |
Depth of hold | 18 ft 9 in (5.7 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Complement | 420 |
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