HMS Lion

Survived

Type	Ship of the line
Rate	Fourth rate
Guns	60 guns
War	War of the Austrian Succession

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

The action between H.M.S. Lion and two French vessels, one of which was carrying 'Bonnie Prince Charlie' en route to Scotland to kindle the second Jacobite Rebellion, 9th July 1745. Signed with initials 'JC' (lower left). The Du Teillay a French privateer ship, commissioned as such in Nantes in 1744 Photo: Dominic Serres, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

60 guns

Gundeck: 24 × 24-pdrs
Upper gundeck: 26 × 9-pdrs
Quarterdeck: 8 × 6-pdrs
Forecastle: 2 × 6-pdrs

Builder	Rosewell, Chatham Dockyard
Launched	20 January 1709
Length	144 ft (43.9 m) (gundeck)

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

Career

Launched

20 January 1709

Second Battle of Cape Finisterre

Survived

25 October 1747

Fate

Survived

Sold, 1765