HMS Gloucester (1745)
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| History | |
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| Name | Gloucester |
| Namesake | Gloucester |
| Ordered | 15 June 1743 |
| Builder | Whetstone & Grenville, Rotherhithe |
| Laid down | 12 July 1743 |
| Launched | 23 March 1745 |
| Completed | 10 May 1745 |
| Commissioned | March 1745 |
| Honours and awards | Second Battle of Cape Finisterre, 1747 |
| Fate | Broken up, 13 February 1764 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | 1741 revisions 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 98567⁄94 bm |
| Length | 140 ft 8.5 in (42.9 m) (Gundeck) |
| Beam | 40 ft 2.5 in (12.3 m) |
| Depth of hold | 17 ft 2.5 in (5.2 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 300 |
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HMS Gloucester was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line built for the Royal Navy in the 1740s. She participated in the 1740–48 War of the Austrian Succession, capturing four French privateers. The ship was broken up in 1764.
Gloucester had a length at the gundeck of 140 feet 8.5 inches (42.9 m) and 114 feet 7.5 inches (34.9 m) at the keel. She had a beam of 40 feet 2.5 inches (12.3 m) and a depth of hold of 17 feet 2.5 inches (5.2 m). The ship's tonnage was 89567⁄94 tons burthen.[1] Gloucester was armed with twenty-two 24-pounder cannon on her main gundeck, twenty-two 12-pounder cannon on her upper gundeck, four 6-pounder cannon on the quarterdeck and another pair on the forecastle.[2] The ship had a crew of 300 officers and ratings.[3]