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HMS Pembroke (1733)

History
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
Name: HMS Pembroke
Ordered: 8 September 1726
Builder: Woolwich Dockyard
Launched: 27 November 1733
Fate: Wrecked, 1749
General characteristics
Class and type: 1719 Establishment 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 956
Length: 144 ft (43.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 39 ft (11.9 m)
Depth of hold: 16 ft 5 in (5.0 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:
  • 60 guns:
  • Gundeck: 24 × 24 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 9 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 8 × 6 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

HMS Pembroke was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built to the dimensions of the 1719 Establishment at Woolwich Dockyard, and launched on 27 November 1733.

In April 1749, whilst near Fort St David, Pembroke, along with Namur and the hospital ship Apollo, was wrecked in a storm, with the loss of 330 of her crew, only 12 being saved.



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