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HMS Panther (1758)

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History
Royal Navy EnsignUK
NameHMS Panther
Ordered7 May 1756
BuilderMartin and Henniker, Chatham
Launched22 June 1758
FateBroken up, 1813
NotesHospital ship from 1791
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeEdgar-class ship of the line
Tons burthen1248 tons
Length154 ft (47 m) (gundeck)
Beam43 ft 6 in (13.26 m)
Depth of hold18 ft 4 in (5.59 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull rigged ship
Armament
  • 60 guns:
  • Gundeck: 24 × 24 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 12 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 8 × 6 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs
For other ships with the same name, see HMS Panther.

HMS Panther was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 22 June 1758 at Chatham Dockyard.[1]

She served during the Seven Years' War, sailing for the far east to take part in the expedition against Manila. On 31 October 1761 Panther and Coventry Class 24-gun sixth-rate Argo captured the Spanish Galleon Santísima Trinidad in a two-hour action, loaded with cargo valued at $1.5 million.[2]

Panther served as a hospital ship from 1791, and was broken up in 1813.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p177.
  2. ^ Tracy, Nicholas (1995). Manila Ransomed. University of Exeter Press. p. 75-76. ISBN 0859894266.

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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