Misplaced Pages

History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Assistance
Ordered	6 August 1745
Builder	Ledger, River Medway
Launched	22 December 1747
Fate	Sold, 1773
General characteristics
Class and type	1745 Establishment 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	1063 bm
Length	150 ft (45.7 m) (gundeck)
Beam	42 ft 8 in (13.0 m)
Depth of hold	18 ft 6 in (5.6 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	50 guns: Gundeck: 22 × 24-pounders Upper gundeck: 22 × 12-pounders Quarterdeck: 4 × 6-pounders Forecastle: 2 × 6-pounders

HMS Assistance was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at a private yard on the River Medway to the draught specified by the 1745 Establishment, and launched on 22 December 1747.

Assistance served until 1773, when she was sold out of the navy.

Notes

1. ^ Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 173.

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.

This article about a ship of the line of the United Kingdom is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• Ships of the line of the Royal Navy
• 1747 ships
• United Kingdom ship of the line stubs