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Name: HMS Temple
Ordered: 9 September 1756
Builder: Blades, Hull
Launched: 3 November 1758
Fate: Wrecked, 1762
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: 68-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1429 tons (1451.9 tonnes)
Length: 160 ft (49 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 45 ft (14 m)
Depth of hold: 19 ft 4 in (5.89 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:

68 guns:

  • Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 12 × 9 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 9 pdrs
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Temple.

HMS Temple was a 68-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 3 November 1758 at Hull.[1]

She foundered in 1762 and was lost.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p177.

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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