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Temple

HMS Temple

Sunk

Royal Navy

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

Ship of the line at Quiberon Bay and Havana. She foundered on the way home from Havana in 1762.

Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Conqueror' (1758) and 'Temple' (1758), both 68-gun Third Rate, two-deckers, based on the design for 'Vanguard' (1748), a 1745 Establishment 68-gun Third Rate, two-decker. Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

68 guns

  • Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 12 × 9 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 9 pdrs
BuilderBlades, Hull
Launched3 November 1758
Length160 ft (49 m) (gundeck)

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

Career

Launched

3 November 1758

20 November 1759

Washington Shirley

6 June – 13 August 1762

Fate

Sunk

Wrecked, 1762