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Swiftsure

HMS Swiftsure

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeShip of the line
RateThird rate
Guns70 guns
WarSeven Years' War

Ship of the line at Lagos and Quiberon Bay.

'Grafton' (1750); 'Somerset' (1748); 'Northumberland' (1750); 'Orford' (1749); 'Swiftsure' (1750); 'Vanguard' (1748); 'Buckingham' (1751) Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed (and approved) for a 70-gun Second Rate, two-decker, as prepared by Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

70 guns

  • Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 12 × 9 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 4 × 9 pdrs
BuilderJohn Hollond, Deptford Dockyard
Laid down26 January 1747
Launched25 May 1750
Commissioned27 July 1750
Length160 ft (48.8 m) (gundeck) 131 ft 4 in (40.0 m) (keel)
Complement520

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

Career

Launched

25 May 1750

18–19 August 1759

20 November 1759

Sir Thomas Stanhope

Fate

Survived

Sold, 2 June 1773