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Suffolk

HMS Suffolk

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeShip of the line
RateThird rate
Guns74
WarAmerican War of Independence

74-gun ship, at Grenada, Martinique in 1780 and Cape Spartel. Broken up in 1803.

Suffolk (1765) Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck, forecastle, half-breadth for the upper deck and lower deck, and the orlop deck with fore & aft platforms for Suffolk (1765), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker. SUFFOLK 1765 Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 74 guns
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounder guns
  • QD: 14 × 9-pounder guns
  • Fc: 4 × 9-pounder guns
BuilderRandall, Rotherhithe
Launched22 February 1765
Length168 ft 1+1⁄2 in (51.2 m) (gundeck)

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

Career

Launched

22 February 1765

6 July 1779

Rowley's flagship, in the van

17 April 1780

20 October 1782

Fate

Survived

Broken up, 1803