HMS St Albans (1747)
'St Albans' Floated out at Deptford, 1747 by John Cleveley the Elder | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS St Albans |
| Ordered | 6 August 1745 |
| Builder | Thomas West, Deptford Dockyard |
| Laid down | September 1745 |
| Launched | 23 December 1747 |
| Commissioned | December 1747 |
| In service |
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| Fate | Sold at Chatham Dockyard, 1765 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | 1745 Establishment 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 1,207 32⁄94 (bm) |
| Length |
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| Beam | 43 ft 3 in (13.2 m) |
| Depth of hold | 18 ft 6 in (5.6 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 420 |
| Armament |
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HMS St Albans was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Deptford Dockyard to the draught specified by the 1745 Establishment, and launched on 23 December 1747.[1] She saw service against France in the Seven Years' War. On July 1758 she was off the coast of Toulon when she captured a French merchant vessel, the 36-gun Loire carrying a thousand tons of food, wine and flour for France's colony in Quebec. The captured ship and her 300-man crew were conveyed under guard to the British port of Gibraltar.[2]
St Albans served until 1765, when she was sold out of the Navy.[1]
Notes
- ^ a b Winfield 2007, pp.129-130
- ^ "Ships taken by the English". Chester Courant. Chester, United Kingdom: William Monk. 1 August 1758. p. 3. Retrieved 6 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
References
- Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships of the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Barnsley, United Kingdom: Seaforth. ISBN 9781844157006.
External links
- Media related to St Albans (ship, 1747) at Wikimedia Commons