HMS Elizabeth (1769)

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

Elizabeth as drawn by Thomas Luny
History
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
NameHMS Elizabeth
Ordered6 November 1765
BuilderPortsmouth Dockyard
Laid down6 May 1766
Launched17 October 1769
FateBroken up, 1797
General characteristics [1]
Class & typeElizabeth-class ship of the line
Tons burthen1617 bm
Length168 ft 6 in (51.36 m) (gundeck)
Beam46 ft (14 m)
Depth of hold19 ft 9 in (6.02 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-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

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]

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. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 179.
  2. ^ "Thomas Bisset and his Relationship with Cook".

References

  • Lavery, Brian (1983) 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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