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Crown

HMS Crown

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeShip of the line
RateThird rate
Guns64
WarAmerican War of Independence

64-gun ship, at Cape Spartel. Broken up in 1816.

HMS Crown and her squadron running up the Channel towards Deal where other ships of the fleet are anchored offshore signed and dated 'Thos.Whitcombe/1784' (lower right) Lot number: Live Auction 7155 lot 200 Sale 24 Feb 2005 Photo: Thomas Whitcombe, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

64 guns

  • Gundeck: 26 × 24 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 10 × 4 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 9 pdrs
BuilderPerry, Blackwall Yard
Laid downSeptember 1779
Launched15 March 1782
Length160 ft 5 in (48.90 m) (gundeck)

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

Career

Launched

15 March 1782

20 October 1782

Fate

Survived

Broken up, 1816