![]() The launch of HMS Cambridge, left, in 1755
(with HMS Royal George shown fictitiously, right). | |
History | |
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Name | HMS Cambridge |
Ordered | 12 July 1750 |
Builder | Deptford Dockyard |
Laid down | 29 August 1750 |
Launched | 21 October 1755 |
Commissioned | 17 January 1756 |
Fate | Broken up in July 1808 |
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General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | 1750 amendments 80-gun third rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 1,615 long tons (1,640.9 t) |
Length | 166 ft (50.6 m) (gundeck) |
Beam | 47 ft (14.3 m) |
Depth of hold | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Armament |
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HMS Cambridge was an 80-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, designed by Sir Joseph Allin and built at Deptford Dockyard by Adam Hayes to the draught specified by the 1745 Establishment as amended in 1750, and launched on 21 October 1755.[1]