British Third Rate ship of the line 'Glorioso' (1747)

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Glorioso
Nominal Guns	74
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	Spanish Third Rate ship of the line 'Glorioso' (1738) (70) 1738-1747 Spanish 70 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line
Captured	8.10.1747
Shipyard	Havana - Cuba	SWoA
Ship Class	Invencible Class (1739)	SWoA
Constructor	Ciprián AutránFrench Designer Ship Builder Service 1726-1745	SWoA
Category	Third Rate
Ship Type	Ship of the Line
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged
Sold	13.4.1749

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:1929
Length of Gundeck187'Spanish Codo Real104.2001 (342′ 2″ Imperial)
Length of Keel166'Spanish Codo Real92.4994 (303′ 9″ Imperial)
Breadth54'Spanish Codo Real30.1352 (98′ 11″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold23' 22"Spanish Codo Real12.8466 (42′ 2″ Imperial)
Burthen1645Ton

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

SWoAManuel Blasco Felip, Enrique García-Torralba Pérez, John Tredrea, Rif Winfield, Book

ref:1929Santiago Gómez Cañas, Book

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