HMS Pembroke (1757)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Pembroke.
HMS Pembroke was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, designed by Sir Joseph Allin and built by Thomas Bucknall at Plymouth Dockyard to the draught specified in the 1745 Establishment as amended in 1752, and launched on 2 June 1757.[1]
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Name | Pembroke |
Ordered | 8 November 1752 |
Builder | Plymouth Dockyard |
Launched | 2 June 1757 |
Fate | Broken up, 1793 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | 1752 amendments 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line |
Length | 156 ft (47.5 m) (gundeck) |
Beam | 42 ft (12.8 m) |
Depth of hold | 18 ft (5.5 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
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It was converted to serve as a hulk in 1776, and was eventually broken up in 1793.[1]