HMS Medway (1742)
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=Dreadnought (1742); Medway (1742) RMG J4056.jpg |Ship caption=Medway }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=Great Britain |Ship flag=File:Naval Ensign of Great Britain (1707-1800).svg |Ship name=HMS Medway |Ship ordered=5 December 1740 |Ship builder=Bird, Rotherhithe |Ship laid down= |Ship launched=26 May 1742 |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned= |Ship decommissioned= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship renamed= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship honours= |Ship captured= |Ship fate=Scuttled, 1748 |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption=Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 171. |Ship class=1733 proposals 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line |Ship tons burthen=1080 |Ship length={{convert|144|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} (gundeck) |Ship beam={{convert|41|ft|5|in|m|1|abbr=on}} |Ship draught= |Ship hold depth={{convert|16|ft|11|in|m|1|abbr=on}} |Ship sail plan=Full-rigged ship |Ship propulsion=Sails |Ship complement= |Ship armament=*60 guns:
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HMS Medway was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built to the 1733 proposals of the 1719 Establishment at Rotherhithe, and launched on 26 May 1742.
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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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{{1719 Establishment ships|1733}}
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Category:Ships of the line of the Royal Navy
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