HMS Lenox (1758)

{{short description|Ship of the line of the Royal Navy}}

{{other ships|HMS Lenox}}

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|Ship caption=Lenox

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|Ship country=Great Britain

|Ship flag=File:Naval Ensign of Great Britain (1707-1800).svg

|Ship name=HMS Lenox

|Ship ordered=17 November 1755

|Ship builder=Chatham Dockyard

|Ship laid down=8 April 1756

|Ship launched=25 February 1758

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|Ship commissioned=26 May 1758

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|Ship fate=Sunk as breakwater, 1784; later raised and broken up May 1789

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|Header caption=Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 176.

|Ship class={{sclass|Dublin|ship of the line|3}}

|Ship tons burthen=1579{{fraction|37|94}} (bm)

|Ship length={{convert|165|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} (gundeck)

|Ship beam={{convert|46|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}}

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|Ship hold depth={{convert|19|ft|9|in|m|abbr=on}}

|Ship sail plan=Full-rigged ship

|Ship propulsion=Sails

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|Ship armament=*74 guns:

  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 14 × 9 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 4 × 9 pdrs

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HMS Lenox was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 25 February 1758 at Chatham Dockyard.

She was sunk as a breakwater in 1784.

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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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Category:Ships of the line of the Royal Navy

Category:Dublin-class ships of the line

Category:1758 ships

Category:Ships sunk as breakwaters

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