HMS Elizabeth (1769)

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]

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Elizabeth.

Elizabeth as drawn by Thomas Luny
History
Great Britain
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:
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounder guns
  • QD: 14 × 9-pounder guns
  • Fc: 4 × 9-pounder guns
The approved plan showing the inboard profile for Elizabeth, 1769
HMS Elizabeth in a storm circa 1791

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
  1. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p179.
  2. https://www.captaincooksociety.com/home/detail/thomas-bisset-and-his-relationship-with-cook

References
  • 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.


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