British 1745 Establishment 50-Gunner

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1745 Establishment 50-Gunner

Ordered but not builtBWAS-1714
Two additional ships of this class were ordered, neither was even begun.

Design Armament	Broadside Weight = 414.00 Imperial Pound ( 187.75 kg)		BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck	22 x British 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck	22 x British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck	4 x British 6-Pounder
Forecastle	2 x British 6-Pounder

Design Dimensions and Ship Information
	Ordered	Shipyard	Launched	Out of service	Fate	Gundeck Length	Length of Keel	Breadth	Depth in hold	Burthen
As Designed						144' 0"	117' 8 ½"	41' 0"	17' 8"	1,052 ⁴⁷⁄₉₄
Assistance (50) 1745-1773 British 50 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line	6.8.1745	Chatham - Kent	22.12.1745	11.8.1773	Sunk as Breakwater	144' 0"	117' 8 ½"	41' 2 ½"	17' 8"	1,063 ²⁰⁄₉₄
Severn (50) 1747-1759 British 50 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line	18.3.1745/46	King's Yard - Harwich	10.7.1747	2.1.1759	Sold	144' 0"	117' 8 ½"	41' 2"	17' 8 ½"	1,061 ⁶⁄₉₄
Tavistock (50) 1747-1768 British 50 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line	18.10.1745	Hessel Cliff - The Humber	26.8.1747	24.12.1768	Broken Up	144' 0"	117' 8 ½"	41' 2"	17' 8 ½"	1,061 ⁶⁄₉₄
Greenwich (50) 1748-1757 British 50 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line	3.10.1745	Lepe - Hampshire	19.3.1747/48	18.3.1757	Captured	144' 6 ½"	116' 1 ½"	41' 3 ½"	17' 7"	1,053 ¹⁵⁄₉₄
Newcastle (50) 1750-1761 British 50 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line	11.12.1745	Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth	4.12.1750	1.1.1761	Foundered	144' 0"	117' 8 ½"	41' 0"	17' 8"	1,052 ⁴⁷⁄₉₄
Falmouth (50) 1752-1765 British 50 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line	15.11.1745	Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich	7.12.1752	16.1.1765	Condemned	144' 0"	116' 1 ¼"	41' 2"	17' 8"	1,046 ⁵⁷⁄₉₄
Preston (50) 1757-1815 British 50 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line 1785 Renamed "Preston Hulk"	28.3.1751	Deptford Dockyard - Deptford	7.2.1757	1.1815	Broken Up	143' 3"	115' 4"	41' 3"	17' 3"	1,043 ⁸¹⁄₉₄

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