HMS Conqueror (1758)

HMS Conqueror (1758)
HMS Conqueror (1758)
Name:	HMS Conqueror
Builder:	Barnard, Harwich
Launched:	24 May 1758
Fate:	Wrecked, 1760
General characteristics
Class & type:	68-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	1432 Long ton (1455 tonnes)
Length:	160 ft (49 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	45 ft (14 m)
Depth of hold:	19 ft 4 in (5.89 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	68 guns: Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs; Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs; Quarterdeck: 12 × 9 pdrs; Forecastle: 2 × 9 pdrs;

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Conqueror.

HMS Conqueror was a 68-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 24 May 1758 at Harwich.^[1]

She was wrecked in 1760.^[1]

Notes[]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol. 1, p. 177.

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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[Lavery,_SoLv1_p177-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol. 1, p. 177.

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HMS Conqueror (1758)

Career (Great Britain)
Name:	HMS Conqueror
Builder:	Barnard, Harwich
Launched:	24 May 1758
Fate:	Wrecked, 1760

General characteristics ^[1]
Class & type:	68-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	1432 Long ton (1455 tonnes)
Length:	160 ft (49 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	45 ft (14 m)
Depth of hold:	19 ft 4 in (5.89 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	68 guns: Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs Quarterdeck: 12 × 9 pdrs Forecastle: 2 × 9 pdrs