HMS Kent (1798)

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History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Kent
Ordered	30 April 1795
Builder	John Perry and Company Blackwall Yard
Laid down	October 1795
Launched	17 January 1798
Commissioned	3 April 1798 at Woolwich Dockyard
In service	1798–1804; 1805–1809; 1829–1842; 1855–1881;
Honours and; awards	Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Egypt"
Fate	Broken up, 1881
General characteristics 1798–1817
Class and type	Ajax-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	1,96373⁄94 (bm)
Length	182 ft 8 in (55.68 m) (gundeck); 149 ft 11 in (45.69 m) (keel);
Beam	49 ft 7.5 in (15.126 m)
Depth of hold	21 ft 5 in (6.53 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	690
Armament	Gundeck: 28 × 32-pdrs; Upper deck: 28 × 24-pdrs; QD: 14 × 9-pdrs; Fc: 4 × 9-pdrs;
General characteristics 1820–1881
Class and type	Ajax-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	2,00962⁄94 (bm)
Length	184 ft 2.5 in (56.147 m) (gundeck); 150 ft 10.5 in (45.987 m) (keel);
Beam	50 ft 0 in (15.24 m)
Depth of hold	21 ft 10 in (6.65 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	Gundeck: 28 × 32-pdrs; Upper gundeck: 28 × 24-pdrs; QD: 4 × 9-pdrs & 8 × 32-pdr carronades; Fc: 4 × 9-pdrs;

HMS Kent was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 17 January 1798 at Blackwall Yard.^[2]