HMS Portland (1770)
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NamePortland
BuilderSheerness Dockyard
Commissioned25 September 1770
ReinstatedNovember 1797 refitted as a unrated prison ship
 HMS Portland (1770) | |
| History | |
|---|---|
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| Name | Portland |
| Builder | Sheerness Dockyard |
| Commissioned | 25 September 1770 |
| Reinstated | November 1797 refitted as a unrated prison ship |
| Honours and awards | Affair of Fielding and Bylandt |
| Fate | Sold 19 May 1817 to Daniel List for £800 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 1,044 77⁄94 |
| Length | 146 ft (44.5 m) (gundeck) |
| Depth of hold | 17 ft 6 in (5.3 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Armament |
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HMS Portland was a 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. Designed by Sir John Williams, it was first launched on 11 April 1770.[1]
In 1773, the ship called at Sheerness in Kent.[2] The ship joined a convoy of merchant ships and headed for the Americas via Madeira.[2] The ship patrolled waters around the Leeward Islands, the Windward Islands and Jamaica.[3] During this time, the ship spent nearly a month at Port Royal, Jamaica.[3] Cuthbert Collingwood served as midshipman on the ship during 1773.[2]
The ship served during the American Revolutionary War: On 13 February, 1778 she captured sloop "Swallow" 108 Leagues south west of Anguilla.[4]
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