HMS Lichfield (1746)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Lichfield.
HMS Lichfield was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at King's Yard in Harwich by John Barnard to the dimensions laid down in the 1741 proposals of the 1719 Establishment, and launched on 26 June 1746.[1] She was wrecked on the Barbary Coast of North Africa on 28 November 1758.[2]
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Name | HMS Lichfield |
Ordered | 1 June 1744 |
Builder | John Barnard, Harwich |
Launched | 26 June 1746 |
Fate | Wrecked, 1758 |
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Class and type | 1741 proposals 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 97919⁄94 (bm) |
Length | 140 ft (42.7 m) (gundeck) |
Beam | 40 ft (12.2 m) |
Depth of hold | 17 ft 2+1⁄2 in (5.2 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
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