HMS Devonshire (1745)
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HMS Devonshire was a 66-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built to the dimensions laid out in the 1741 proposals of the 1719 Establishment at Woolwich Dockyard, and launched on 19 July 1745.[1]
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Name | HMS Devonshire |
Ordered | 25 April 1741 |
Builder | Woolwich Dockyard |
Launched | 19 July 1745 |
Honours and awards | Second Battle of Cape Finisterre, 1747 |
Fate | Broken up, 1772 |
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Class and type | 1741 proposals 66-gun third rate ship of the line |
Length | 161 ft (49.1 m) (gundeck) |
Beam | 46 ft (14.0 m) |
Depth of hold | 19 ft 4 in (5.9 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
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Devonshire served until 1772, when she was broken up.[1]