HMS Devonshire (1745)
{{short description|Ship of the line of the Royal Navy}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=Newark (1747); Devonshire (1745); Lancaster (1749) RMG J2379.jpg |Ship caption=1745 plan of the Devonshire }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=Great Britain |Ship flag=File:Naval Ensign of Great Britain (1707-1800).svg |Ship name=HMS Devonshire |Ship ordered=25 April 1741 |Ship builder=Woolwich Dockyard |Ship original cost= |Ship laid down= |Ship launched=19 July 1745 |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned= |Ship decommissioned= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship renamed= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship honours=Second Battle of Cape Finisterre, 1747 |Ship captured= |Ship fate=Broken up, 1772 |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption=Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 172. |Ship class=1741 proposals 66-gun third rate ship of the line |Ship tons burthen= |Ship length={{convert|161|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} (gundeck) |Ship beam={{convert|46|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} |Ship draught= |Ship hold depth={{convert|19|ft|4|in|m|1|abbr=on}} |Ship propulsion=Sails |Ship sail plan=Full-rigged ship |Ship complement= |Ship armament=*66 guns:
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HMS Devonshire was a 66-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built to the dimensions laid out in the 1741 proposals of the 1719 Establishment at Woolwich Dockyard, and launched on 19 July 1745.
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References
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- Lavery, Brian (1983) The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650–1850. Conway Maritime Press. {{ISBN|0-85177-252-8}}.
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline|HMS Devonshire (ship, 1745)}}
{{1719 Establishment ships|1741}}
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