Ship of the line of the Royal Navy
History Great Britain Name HMS Preston Ordered 28 March 1751 Builder Deptford Dockyard Launched 7 February 1757 Fate Broken up, 1815 Notes General characteristics [1] Class and type 1745 Establishment 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line Tons burthen 1044 (bm ) Length 150 ft (45.7 m) (gundeck) Beam 42 ft 8 in (13.0 m) Depth of hold 18 ft 6 in (5.6 m) Propulsion Sails Sail plan Full-rigged ship Armament
Gundeck: 22 × 24-pounder guns
Upper gundeck: 22 × 12-pounder guns
QD : 4 × 6-pounder gunsFc : 2 × 6-pounder guns
HMS Preston was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy , built at Deptford Dockyard by Adam Hayes to the draught specified in the 1745 Establishment , and launched on 7 February 1757.[1]
Service history
From May until October 1769 she was under command of Captain Basil Keith .[2]
Preston attended the attack on Rhode Island , 8 December 1776, by Irwin John BevanFrom January 1774 until April 1776 she was under command of Captain John Robinson with a crew of 350 men.[3] Cuthbert Collingwood was a midshipman on the ship during this period.[4]
She took part in the Naval operations in the American Revolutionary War under William Hotham . On 13 August 1778, cut off from her squadron by a storm, she encountered the French 74-gun Marseillois
Battle of Dogger Bank Taking part in the Battle of Dogger Bank (1781) where she was disabled, with her commander, Captain Alexander Graeme losing an arm, she was sailed back to the Thames by Lieutenant Saumarez [5] : 51
From March 1783 until April 1784 she was under command of Captain George Martin .[6]
In 1785, Preston was converted to serve as a sheer hulk , and she was eventually broken up at Woolwich in January 1815.[1]
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