History
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
NameHMS Worcester
Ordered4 September 1733
BuilderPortsmouth Dockyard
Launched20 December 1735
FateBroken up, 1765
General characteristics [1]
Class and type1733 proposals 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1061 (bm)
Length144 ft (43.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam41 ft 5 in (12.6 m)
Depth of hold16 ft 11 in (5.2 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • 60 guns:
  • Gundeck: 24 × 24-pounder guns
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 9-pounder guns
  • Quarterdeck: 8 × 6-pounder guns
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6-pounder guns

HMS Worcester was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Joseph Allin the younger at Portsmouth Dockyard to the 1733 proposals of the 1719 Establishment, and launched on 20 December 1735.[1]

She took part in the battle of Portobello under Captain Perry Mayne in 1739.

Worcester was broken up in 1765.[1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 171.

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.


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