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HMS Elizabeth (1769)
Ship of the line of the Royal Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see HMS Elizabeth.
HMS Elizabeth was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 17 October 1769 at Portsmouth Dockyard.[1]
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Name | HMS Elizabeth |
Ordered | 6 November 1765 |
Builder | Portsmouth Dockyard |
Laid down | 6 May 1766 |
Launched | 17 October 1769 |
Fate | Broken up, 1797 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Elizabeth-class ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 1617 bm |
Length | 168 ft 6 in (51.36 m) (gundeck) |
Beam | 46 ft (14 m) |
Depth of hold | 19 ft 9 in (6.02 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
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In 1778 James Bisset served on the ship as a newly commissioned lieutenant under Captain Frederick Maitland. Maitland had married Bisset's first cousin, Margaret Louisa Dick of Edinburgh.[2]
She was broken up in 1797.[1]