HMS Prudent

Survived

Type	Ship of the line
Rate	Third rate
Guns	64
War	American War of Independence

64-gun ship, at Cape Henry and St Kitts. She had more casualties than any other British ship at St Kitts. Sold in 1814.

Plan showing the body plan with stern decoration, sheer lines with stern quarter decoration, and longitudinal half-breadth for Prudent (1768), Europa [also spelt Europe] (1765), and Trident (1768). From Tyne & Wear Archives Service. Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

Gundeck: 26 × 24-pounder guns
Upper gundeck: 26 × 18-pounder guns
QD: 10 × 4-pounder guns
Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns

Builder	Woolwich Dockyard
Launched	28 September 1768
Length	158 ft 9 in (48.4 m) (gundeck)

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

Career

Launched

28 September 1768

Battle of Cape Henry

Damaged

16 March 1781

Badly damaged

Battle of St Kitts (Frigate Bay)

Damaged

25–26 January 1782

54 casualties, the most in the British line

Fate

Survived

Sold out of the service, 1814