HMS Alfred (1778) 

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Name: HMS Alfred
Ordered: 13 August 1772
Builder: Chatham Dockyard
Laid down: November 1772
Launched: 22 October 1778
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Participated in:
Fate: Broken up, 1814
General characteristics 1
Class and type: Alfred-class ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1638 tons (1664.3 tonnes)
Length: 169 ft (52 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 47 ft 2 in (14.4 m)
Depth of hold: 20 ft (6.1 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:

74 guns:

  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 14 × 9 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 4 × 9 pdrs

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Alfred.

HMS Alfred was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 22 October 1778 at Chatham.1

She fought at the Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1780.

Alfred was broken up in 1814.1

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p180.

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