HMS Sutherland (1741) - Misplaced Pages

Ship of the line of the Royal Navy For other ships with the same name, see HMS Sutherland.

History
HMS Sutherland sailed by John Rous during the Siege of Louisbourg (1758)
Great Britain
Name	HMS Sutherland
Ordered	28 April 1740
Builder	Taylor, Rotherhithe
Launched	15 October 1741
Fate	Sold, 1770
General characteristics
Class and type	1733 proposals 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	873
Length	134 ft (40.8 m) (gundeck)
Beam	38 ft 6 in (11.7 m)
Depth of hold	15 ft 9 in (4.8 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	50 guns: Gundeck: 22 × 18 pdrs Upper gundeck: 22 × 9 pdrs Quarterdeck: 4 × 6 pdrs Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

HMS Sutherland was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Rotherhithe according to the dimensions laid out in the 1733 proposals of the 1719 Establishment, and launched on 15 October 1741.

Sutherland participated in the Siege of Louisbourg (1758), providing shore bombardment for the forces of Brigadier-General James Wolfe.

Sutherland was sold out of the navy in 1770.

Notes

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.

1719 Establishment

100-gun first-rates	Royal Sovereign
90-gun second-rates	Prince George Union Namur Neptune Marlborough
80-gun third-rates	Lancaster Princess Amelia Cornwall Norfolk Somerset Princess Caroline Russell
70-gun third-rates	Edinburgh Northumberland Burford Captain Stirling Castle Berwick Lenox Kent Grafton Ipswich Buckingham Prince of Orange
60-gun fourth-rates	Canterbury Plymouth Sunderland Windsor Deptford Swallow Tilbury Warwick Pembroke Dunkirk
50-gun fourth-rates	Falkland Chatham Colchester Leopard Argyll Portland Assistance Romney Salisbury Oxford Falmouth Lichfield Greenwich Newcastle

100-gun first-rates	Victory
90-gun second-rates	Duke St George
80-gun third-rates	Boyne Cumberland
70-gun third-rates	Elizabeth Suffolk Essex Nassau Prince Frederick Bedford Royal Oak Stirling Castle Monmouth Revenge Captain Berwick
60-gun fourth-rates	Weymouth Strafford Worcester Augusta Dragon Jersey Superb Lion Kingston Rupert Dreadnought Medway Princess Mary Exeter Nottingham
50-gun fourth-rates	Gloucester St Albans Severn Guernsey Hampshire Leopard Nonsuch Sutherland Antelope Dartmouth Woolwich Preston

90-gun second-rates	Ramillies Prince
80-gun third rates	Newark
74-gun third-rates	Culloden
66-gun third-rates	Devonshire Lancaster
64-gun third-rates	Northumberland Edinburgh Hampton Court Kent Yarmouth
58-gun fourth-rates	Princess Louisa Defiance Canterbury Sunderland Tilbury Eagle
50-gun fourth-rates	Chester Harwich Winchester Maidstone Colchester Portland Falkland Salisbury Advice Gloucester Norwich Ruby Colchester Lichfield Panther

This article about a ship of the line of the United Kingdom is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.