HMS Greyhound (1741)
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image= |Ship caption= }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=Great Britain |Ship flag=File:Naval Ensign of Great Britain (1707-1800).svg |Ship name=HMS Greyhound |Ship ordered=5 December 1740 |Ship builder=Thomas Snelgrove, Limehouse |Ship laid down=26 January 1741 |Ship launched=19 September 1741 |Ship acquired= |Ship completed=10 November 1741 |Ship commissioned= September 1741 |Ship decommissioned=January 1768 |Ship in service= |Ship out of service=5 April 1768 |Ship renamed= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship honours= |Ship captured= |Ship fate=Sold out of service, April 1768 |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class= 24-gun sixth-rate |Ship tons burthen=450 55/94 bm |Ship length=*{{convert|108|ft|1|in|m|1|abbr=on}} (overall)
|Ship beam={{convert|31|ft|0|in|m|1|abbr=on}} |Ship draught= |Ship hold depth={{convert|10|ft|2|in|m|1|abbr=on}} |Ship sail plan=ship-rigged |Ship propulsion=Sail |Ship complement=140 (160 from 1745) |Ship armament=*20 × 9pdrs (upper deck)
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HMS Greyhound was a 20-gun sixth-rate ship of the Royal Navy, built in 1740-41 according to the 1733 modifications of the 1719 Establishment, and in service in the West Indies, the Americas and the Caribbean. After extensive service including the single-handed capture of two other ships of equivalent size and armament, Greyhound was driven ashore in the River Thames at Erith, Kent in January 1768.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015033933105;view=1up;seq=20 |title=(untitled) |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=3338 |date=15 January 1768 }} She was consequently declared unseaworthy and sold out of service three months later.Winfield 2007, p. 253
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- {{cite book | last = Winfield| first = Rif|title = British Warships of the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates | publisher = Seaforth| year = 2007|isbn=9781844157006}}
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Category:Ships built in Limehouse