Ship of the line of the Royal Navy
HMS Winchester was a 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy , built at Rotherhithe to the dimensions prescribed by the 1741 proposals of the 1719 Establishment , and launched on 3 May 1744.[ 1]
Winchester was sold out of the navy in 1769.[ 1]
Plan of the attack against Basseterre , Guadeloupe by a squadron of Royal Navy ships of war commanded by Commodore Moore on 22 January 1759 - also the encampments of the British. Shows Winchester
Notes
^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 172.
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.
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