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Bristol

HMS Bristol

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeShip of the line
RateFourth rate
Guns50 guns
WarWar of the Austrian Succession

Fifty-gun ship at the First Battle of Cape Finisterre.

Bristol (1746); Rochester (1749) Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Bristol (1746), and later for Rochester (1749), both 50-gun Fourth Rate, two-deckers. BRISTOL 1775 Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

50 guns

  • Gundeck: 22 × 18-pdr cannon
  • Upper gundeck: 22 × 9-pdr cannon
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 6-pdr cannon
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6-pdr cannon
BuilderPlymouth Dockyard
Launched8 May 1711
Commissioned1711
Length130 ft (39.6 m) (Gundeck)

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

8 May 1711

Fate

Survived

Broken up, 1768