HMS Intrepid (1770)

HMS Intrepid's bow as painted in 1774 by Joseph Marshall
History
Great Britain
NameHMS Intrepid
Ordered16 November 1765
BuilderWoolwich Dockyard (M/Shipwright Joseph Harris to July 1767; completed by William Gray)
Laid downJanuary 1767
Launched4 December 1770
FateSold out of the service, 1818
Notes
General characteristics
Class & typeIntrepid-class ship of the line
Tons burthen137465⁄94
Length
  • 159 ft 6 in (48.6 m) (keel)
  • 131 ft 0 in (39.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam44 ft 5 in (13.5 m)
Depth of hold19 ft 0 in (5.8 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • Gundeck: 26 × 24-pounder guns
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 18-pounder guns
  • QD: 10 × 4-pounder guns
  • Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns

HMS Intrepid was a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 4 December 1770 at Woolwich. She was sold in 1828.

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