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HMS Greyhound was a 20-gun sixth-rate ship of the Royal Navy, built in 1740-41 according to the 1733 modifications of the 1719 Establishment, and in service in the West Indies, the Americas and the Caribbean. After extensive service including the single-handed capture of two other ships of equivalent size and armament,[1] Greyhound was driven ashore in the River Thames at Erith, Kent in January 1768.[2] She was consequently declared unseaworthy and sold out of service three months later.[1]
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Name | HMS Greyhound |
Ordered | 5 December 1740 |
Builder | Thomas Snelgrove, Limehouse |
Laid down | 26 January 1741 |
Launched | 19 September 1741 |
Completed | 10 November 1741 |
Commissioned | September 1741 |
Decommissioned | January 1768 |
Out of service | 5 April 1768 |
Fate | Sold out of service, April 1768 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | 24-gun sixth-rate |
Tons burthen | 450 55/94 bm |
Length |
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Beam | 31 ft 0 in (9.4 m) |
Depth of hold | 10 ft 2 in (3.1 m) |
Propulsion | Sail |
Sail plan | ship-rigged |
Complement | 140 (160 from 1745) |
Armament |
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