HMS Elizabeth was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 17 October 1769 at Portsmouth Dockyard.[1]
![]() Elizabeth as drawn by Thomas Luny
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Name | HMS Elizabeth |
Ordered | 6 November 1765 |
Builder | Portsmouth Dockyard |
Laid down | 6 May 1766 |
Launched | 17 October 1769 |
Fate | Broken up, 1797 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Elizabeth-class ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 1617 bm |
Length | 168 ft 6 in (51.36 m) (gundeck) |
Beam | 46 ft (14 m) |
Depth of hold | 19 ft 9 in (6.02 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Armament |
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In 1778 James Bisset served on the ship as a newly commissioned lieutenant under Captain Frederick Maitland. Maitland had married Bisset's first cousin, Margaret Louisa Dick of Edinburgh.[2]
She was broken up in 1797.[1]
Citations and notes
edit- ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p179.
- ^ "Thomas Bisset and his Relationship with Cook".
References
edit- 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
edit- Media related to HMS Elizabeth (ship, 1769) at Wikimedia Commons