HMS_St_Albans_(1747) Knowpia

	'St Albans' Floated out at Deptford, 1747 by John Cleveley the Elder
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS St Albans
Ordered	6 August 1745
Builder	Thomas West, Deptford Dockyard
Laid down	September 1745
Launched	23 December 1747
Commissioned	December 1747
In service	1747-1754; 1755-1760;
Fate	Sold at Chatham Dockyard, 1765
General characteristics
Class and type	1745 Establishment 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	1,207 32⁄94 (bm)
Length	149 ft 10 in (45.7 m) (gundeck); 121 ft 4 in (37.0 m) (keel);
Beam	43 ft 3 in (13.2 m)
Depth of hold	18 ft 6 in (5.6 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	420
Armament	60 guns:; Gundeck: 24 × 24 pdrs; Upper deck: 26 × 18 pdrs; Quarterdeck: 8 × 6 pdrs; Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs;

HMS St Albans was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Deptford Dockyard to the draught specified by the 1745 Establishment, and launched on 23 December 1747.^[1]

St Albans served until 1765, when she was sold out of the Navy.^[1]

Notes edit

Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships of the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Barnsley, United Kingdom: Seaforth. ISBN 9781844157006.