60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy
For other ships with the same name, see HMS Medway .
Medway
History
Great Britain
Name HMS Medway
Ordered 24 April 1751
Builder Deptford Dockyard
Launched 14 February 1755
Fate Broken up, 1811
General characteristics
Class and type 1745 Establishment 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen 1204
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
60 guns:
Gundeck: 24 × 24 pdrs
Upper gundeck: 26 × 18 pdrs
Quarterdeck: 8 × 6 pdrs
Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs
HMS Medway 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 14 February 1755. The launch was painted at least twice by John Cleveley the Elder .
Deptford Dockyard, showing the launch of the Medway in 1755, by John Cleveley the Elder
In 1787 Medway was converted to serve as a receiving ship, and remained in this role until 1811, when she was broken up.
Notes
^ 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 .
External links
1745 Establishment ships1750 amendments 90-gun second-rates
80-gun third-rates
70-gun third-rates
60-gun fourth-rates
1752 amendments 60-gun fourth-rates
50-gun fourth-rates
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