HMS Harwich (1743)

	Harwich
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Harwich
Ordered	6 August 1742
Builder	Barnard,; Harwich, Essex;
Launched	22 December 1743
Fate	Wrecked, 1760
General characteristics
Class and type	1741 proposals 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	976 (bm)
Length	140 ft (42.7 m) (gundeck)
Beam	40 ft (12.2 m)
Depth of hold	17 ft 2+1⁄2 in (5.2 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full rigged ship
Armament	Gundeck: 22 × 24-pounder guns; Upper gundeck: 22 × 12-pounder guns; QD: 4 × 6-pounder guns; Fc: 2 × 6-pounder guns;

HMS Harwich was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built to the dimensions laid down in the 1741 proposals of the 1719 Establishment at Harwich, and launched on 22 December 1743.^[1]

Her captain, William Adams, was killed in 1748 during Edward Boscawen's unsuccessful siege of Pondicherry during the War of the Austrian Succession.

At some point around in 1757 or shortly before, Harwich captured the Maria Louisa Magdalena, Messagere, and Comte de Maurepas. She shared the prize money, by agreement, with Torbay and Rochester.^[2]

Harwich was wrecked in 1760.^[1]

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p172.
^ "No. 9744". The London Gazette. 29 November 1757. p. 3.

References

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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[Lavery,_SoLv1_p172-1] Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p172.

[2] "No. 9744". The London Gazette. 29 November 1757. p. 3.

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