HMS Crown (1782)

	Plan of the orlop deck of Crown
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Crown
Builder	Perry, Blackwall Yard
Laid down	September 1779
Launched	15 March 1782
Fate	Broken up, 1816
General characteristics
Class and type	Crown-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	1405 8⁄94 (bm)
Length	160 ft 5 in (48.90 m) (gundeck)
Beam	44 ft 10 in (13.67 m)
Depth of hold	19 ft 3.5 in (5.880 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	64 guns:; Gundeck: 26 × 24 pdrs; Upper gundeck: 26 × 18 pdrs; Quarterdeck: 10 × 4 pdrs; Forecastle: 2 × 9 pdrs;

HMS Crown was a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 15 March 1782 at Blackwall Yard.^[1]

She was converted to serve as a prison ship in 1798, and was broken up in 1816.^[1]

Notes

Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.

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