HMS Woolwich (1749)

HMS Woolwich was a 44-gun fourth-rate ship of the Royal Navy. She was built by Moody Janverin and John Darley at Bucklers Hard on the Beaulieu River in Hampshire, England and launched 7 March 1749. She took part in the unsuccessful attack on Martinique in January 1759.[1]

Woolwich
History
Great Britain
Name: Woolwich
Builder: Moody Janverin and John Darley, Bucklers Hard, Hampshire
Launched: 7 March 1749
Fate: Sold on 30 December 1762
General characteristics
Type: Fourth rate
Tons burthen: 825 long tons (838.2 t)
Length: 133.5 ft (40.7 m)
Beam: 38 ft (11.6 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full-rigged ship
Armament: 44 guns of various weights of shot

She was sold on 30 December 1762.

Plan of the attack against Basseterre by a squadron of Royal Navy ships of war commanded by Commodore Moore on 22 January 1759 - also the encampments of the British. Shows Woolwich as the flagship

References

  1. Clowes, William Laird (1996) [1900]. The Royal Navy, A History from the Earliest Times to 1900, Volume III. London: Chatham Publishing. p. 201. ISBN 1-86176-012-4.
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