HMS Stirling Castle

Wrecked

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

64-gun ship, at Ushant in 1778, Grenada and Martinique in 1780. Led the British van at Martinique. Wrecked on the Silver Keys off Hispaniola in the Great Hurricane of October 1780.

Representation of the unfortunate Loss of His Majesty's Ship Stirling Castle... after having been dismasted in the Great Hurricane Octr 6th 1780.... was wrecked near the Silver Keys, off the NE end of Island Hispaniola Print Photo: Lieutenant William Elliott; Valentine Green, 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

Builder	Chatham Dockyard
Laid down	October 1769
Launched	28 June 1775
Length	159 ft (48 m) (gundeck)

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

Career

Launched

28 June 1775

First Battle of Ushant

Survived

27 July 1778

Battle of Grenada

Survived

6 July 1779

Battle of Martinique

Survived

17 April 1780

Led the British van

Fate

Wrecked

Wrecked, 5 October 1780