HMS Bridgewater was a sixth-rate 20-gun ship of the Royal Navy, built in 1740 and wrecked in 1743.
| History | |
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| Name | HMS Bridgewater |
| Ordered | 10 June 1740 |
| Builder | John Pearson, King's Lynn |
| Laid down | 22 January 1740 |
| Launched | 11 December 1740 |
| Completed | 5 April 1741 |
| Commissioned | July 1740 |
| Fate | Wrecked in St. Mary's Bay, Newfoundland, 18 September 1743 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 436 35⁄94 (bm) |
| Length |
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| Beam | 30 ft 7.5 in (9.335 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 140 |
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She was commissioned in August 1740 under Captain Robert Pett for service in the North Sea and English Channel.[1] In December 1741 Bridgewater was assigned to coastal duties off Newfoundland under Captain Frederick Rogers.
On Christmas Day 1742 she engaged and captured an 18-gun privateer, Santa Rita, off the Scilly Isles. A month later she received her third captain, William Fielding, and returned to her Newfoundland patrol.[1]
Bridgewater was wrecked in St Mary's Bay, Newfoundland on 18 September 1743.[1]
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References edit
- Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships of the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 9781844157006.
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