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Kent

HMS Kent

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeShip of the line
RateThird rate
Guns64 guns
WarWar of the Austrian Succession

Ship of the line at the Second Battle of Cape Finisterre.

The Capture of Chandernagore, March 1757 Lying ten miles up river from Calcutta, Chandernagore was the administrative centre of the French East India Company. The battle there was one of the many fought between the French and English on the sub-continent during the Seven Years War, 1759-63. It gave Photo: Dominic Serres, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • Gundeck: 26 × 36-pounder guns
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 18-pounder guns
  • QD: 10 × 9-pounder guns
  • Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns
BuilderDeptford Dockyard
Launched10 May 1746
Length154 ft (46.9 m) (gundeck)

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

Career

Launched

10 May 1746

25 October 1747

Fate

Survived

Hulked, 1760