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Portland

HMS Portland

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeShip of the line
RateFourth rate
Guns50 guns
WarsWar of the Austrian Succession, Seven Years' War

Fifty-gun ship at Minorca, Lagos and Quiberon Bay.

Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for rebuilding Falkland (1744), a 1741 Establishment 50-gun Fourth Rate, two-decker. The plan was later used for Portland (1744), and Harwich (1743), Colchester (1744), Chester (1744), Winchester Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

50 guns

  • Gundeck: 22 × 24 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 22 × 12 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 6 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs
BuilderSnellgrove, Limehouse
Launched11 October 1744
Length140 ft (42.7 m) (gundeck)

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

Career

Launched

11 October 1744

Second Battle of Cape Finisterre
Survived

25 October 1747 · War of the Austrian Succession

Battle of Minorca
Survived

20 May 1756 · Seven Years' War

Patrick Baird

Battle of Lagos
Survived

18–19 August 1759 · Seven Years' War

Battle of Quiberon Bay
Survived

20 November 1759 · Seven Years' War

Mariot Arbuthnot

Fate

Survived

Sold, 1763