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Medway
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Medway
Ordered	5 December 1740
Builder	Bird, Rotherhithe
Launched	26 May 1742
Fate	Scuttled, 1748
General characteristics
Class and type	1733 proposals 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	1080
Length	144 ft (43.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam	41 ft 5 in (12.6 m)
Depth of hold	16 ft 11 in (5.2 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	60 guns: Gundeck: 24 × 24 pdrs Upper gundeck: 26 × 9 pdrs Quarterdeck: 8 × 6 pdrs Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

HMS Medway was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built to the 1733 proposals of the 1719 Establishment at Rotherhithe, and launched on 26 May 1742.

Medway was scuttled in 1748.

Notes

1. ^ 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.

External links

• Media related to HMS Medway (ship, 1742) at Wikimedia Commons

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