HMS Prudent (1768)

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History
Royal Navy EnsignUK
NameHMS Prudent
Ordered7 January 1762
BuilderWoolwich Dockyard
Launched28 September 1768
Honours and
awards		Participated in: Battle of St. Kitts
FateSold out of the service, 1814
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeTemplate:Sclass-
Tons burthen1367 (bm)
Length158 ft 9 in (48.4 m) (gundeck)
Beam44 ft (13.4 m)
Depth of hold19 ft 1 in (5.8 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull rigged ship
Armament
  • Gundeck: 26 × 24-pounder guns
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 18-pounder guns
  • QD: 10 × 4-pounder guns
  • Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns

HMS Prudent was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 28 September 1768 at Woolwich.[1]

She is listed as being on harbour service in 1779,[1] though she was back in regular service later in the American Revolutionary War as in 1782 she participated in the Battle of St. Kitts.[citation needed]

Prudent was sold out of the service in 1814.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p178.

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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