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HMS Stirling Castle (1775)

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History
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
NameHMS Stirling Castle
Ordered12 October 1768
BuilderChatham Dockyard
Laid downOctober 1769
Launched28 June 1775
FateWrecked, 5 October 1780
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeWorcester-class ship of the line
Tons burthen1377 2194 (bm)
Length159 ft (48 m) (gundeck)
Beam44 ft 6 in (13.56 m)
Depth of hold19 ft 10 in (6.05 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull rigged ship
Armament
  • 64 guns:
  • Gundeck: 26 × 24 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 10 × 4 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 9 pdrs

HMS Stirling Castle was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 28 June 1775 at Chatham.[1]

She was wrecked on 5 October 1780 on the Silver Keys, off Cap François, off the coast of Cuba with the loss of most of her crew.[2]


Notes

  1. ^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p181.
  2. ^ "The Marine List". New Lloyd's List (1247). 6 March 1781.

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.