HMS Winchester (1744)
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image= Winchester Commanded by Sir John Bentley RMG PU8488.jpg |Ship caption= Winchester commanded by Sir John Bentley }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=Great Britain |Ship flag=File:Naval Ensign of Great Britain (1707-1800).svg |Ship name=HMS Winchester |Ship ordered=14 April 1743 |Ship builder=Bird, Rotherhithe |Ship laid down= |Ship launched=3 May 1744 |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=Sold, 1769 |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption=Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 172. |Ship class=1741 proposals 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line |Ship tons burthen=987 |Ship length={{convert|140|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} (gundeck) |Ship beam={{convert|40|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} |Ship draught= |Ship hold depth={{convert|17|ft|2+1/2|in|m|1|abbr=on}} |Ship sail plan=Full-rigged ship |Ship propulsion=Sails |Ship complement= |Ship armament=*50 guns:
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HMS Winchester was a 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Rotherhithe to the dimensions prescribed by the 1741 proposals of the 1719 Establishment, and launched on 3 May 1744.
Winchester was sold out of the navy in 1769.
File:Plan of the attack against Basseterre on the island of Guadeloupe by a squadron of his Majesty's ships of war commanded by Commodore Moore on ye 22d Jan. 1759 - also the incampments of the British (17727584474).jpg, Guadeloupe by a squadron of Royal Navy ships of war commanded by Commodore Moore on 22 January 1759 - also the encampments of the British. Shows Winchester]]
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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
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