HMS Devonshire (1745)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Devonshire.

HMS Devonshire was a 66-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built to the dimensions laid out in the 1741 proposals of the 1719 Establishment at Woolwich Dockyard, and launched on 19 July 1745.

1745 plan of the Devonshire
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Devonshire
Ordered	25 April 1741
Builder	Woolwich Dockyard
Launched	19 July 1745
Honours and awards	Second Battle of Cape Finisterre, 1747
Fate	Broken up, 1772
General characteristics
Class and type	1741 proposals 66-gun third rate ship of the line
Length	161 ft (49.1 m) (gundeck)
Beam	46 ft (14.0 m)
Depth of hold	19 ft 4 in (5.9 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	66 guns: Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs Upper gundeck: 26 × 18 pdrs Quarterdeck: 10 × 9 pdrs Forecastle: 2 × 9 pdrs

Devonshire shown here at the First Battle of Cape Finisterre (1747)

Devonshire served until 1772, when she was broken up.

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.

External links

• Media related to HMS Devonshire (ship, 1745) at Wikimedia Commons