HMS Shrewsbury (1758)

Shrewsbury
History
Great Britain
NameHMS Shrewsbury
Ordered31 October 1755
BuilderWells & Company, Deptford Dockyard
Laid down14 January 1756
Launched23 February 1758
CommissionedMarch 1758
FateScuttled off Jamaica, 1783
General characteristics
Class & typeDublin-class ship of the line
Tons burthen1594 31⁄94 bm
Length
  • 166 ft 1 in (50.62 m) (gundeck)
  • 135 ft 2.5 in (41.212 m) (keel)
Beam47 ft 1 in (14.35 m)
Depth of hold19 ft 9 in (6.02 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement550
Armament
  • 74 guns:
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 14 × 9 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 4 × 9 pdrs

HMS Shrewsbury was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 23 February 1758 at Deptford Dockyard.

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