HMS Jersey (1736)

The Jersey Prison Ship as moored at the Wallabout near Long Island, in the year 1782
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Jersey
Builder	Plymouth Dockyard
Launched	14 June 1736
Fate	Abandoned and burned to prevent capture, 1783
Notes	Participated in: Battle of Lagos
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	1733 proposals 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	1,065 long tons (1,082.1 t)
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 Jersey was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built to the 1733 proposals of the 1719 Establishment of dimensions at Plymouth Dockyard, and launched on 14 June 1736.^[1] She saw action in the War of Jenkins' Ear and the Seven Years' War, before being converted to a hospital ship in 1771. In 1780 she was converted again, this time to a prison ship, and was used by the British during the American Revolutionary War.