HMS Bristol (1775)
Model of the Thomson Collection of Ship Models on display at the Art Gallery of Ontario | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Great Britain | |
| Name | Bristol |
| Namesake | Bristol |
| Ordered | 12 October 1768 |
| Builder | Sheerness Dockyard |
| Laid down | May 1771 |
| Launched | 25 October 1775 |
| Commissioned | October 1775 |
| Out of service | 1786 |
| Fate | Scrapped, June 1810 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Portland-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 1,049 9⁄94 bm |
| Length | 146 ft (44.5 m) (Gundeck) |
| Beam | 40 ft 7 in (12.4 m) |
| Draught | 15 ft 7 in (4.7 m) |
| Depth of hold | 17 ft 6 in (5.3 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
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HMS Bristol was a 50-gun Portland-class fourth-rate ship of the line, built for the Royal Navy in the 1770s. She served as a flagship during the Battle of Sullivan's Island, Charleston, South Carolina in 1776 during the American Revolutionary War and later participated in the 1783 Battle of Cuddalore during the Anglo-French War of 1778–83. By 1787 the ship had been converted into a church ship. Converted into a prison ship in 1794, Bristol instead served as a hospital ship until she was broken up in 1810.