For other ships with the same name, see HMS Essex.

HMS Essex was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 28 August 1760 at Rotherhithe.[1]

In March 1762 Essex captured three small vessels:[2]

  • Amis, a brig (1 March)
  • Esperance, a privateer of four guns, six swivel guns, and 45 men (6 March)
  • Bien Aimé, a privateer of four guns and 52 men (7 March)

Fate

Essex was on harbour service from 1777, and was sold out of the service in 1799.[1]

Citations

  1. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 178.
  2. ^ "No. 10190". The London Gazette. 9 March 1762. p. 2.

References

  • Lavery, Brian (1983). The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The Development of the Battlefleet 1650–1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.


Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Essex_(1760)
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