HMS Captain (1743)
| History | |
|---|---|
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| Name | HMS Captain |
| Ordered | 7 September 1739 |
| Builder | Woolwich Dockyard |
| Launched | 14 April 1743 |
| Fate | Broken up, 1783 |
| Notes |
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| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type | 1733 proposals 70-gun third rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 1230 (bm) |
| Length | 151 ft (46.0 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 43 ft 5 in (13.2 m) |
| Depth of hold | 17 ft 9 in (5.4 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Armament | |
HMS Captain was a 70-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built according to the 1733 proposals of the 1719 Establishment at Woolwich Dockyard, and launched on 14 April 1743.[1]
Francis Light, founder of Penang, served for a few months as an apprentice on Captain around 1759.[2]
In 1760, Captain was reduced to a 64-gun ship. Then in 1777 she was converted to serve as a storeship and renamed Buffalo.
Although a storeship, Buffalo shared, with Thetis, and Alarm, in the proceeds from Southampton's capture of the 12-gun French privateer Comte de Maurepas, on 3 August 1780.[3]
In 1781, with 60 guns back on board, although she only had 18-pounders on the lower deck, she participated in the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War at the Battle of Dogger Bank.[4]: 46
Buffalo returned to the role of storeship until she was broken up in 1783.[1]
Notes
- ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol. 1, p. 171.
- ^ Clodd, Harold Parker (1948), Malaya's first British pioneer: the life of Francis Light, Luzac, p. 1, ISBN 978-0-375-42750-3, retrieved 26 October 2019
- ^ "No. 12325". The London Gazette. 24 August 1782. p. 1.
- ^ Ross, Sir John. Memoirs of Admiral de Saumarez Vol 1.
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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