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HMS Surprize (1746)

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History
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
NameHMS Surprize
Ordered11 August 1744
BuilderJames Wyatt & John Major, Bucklers Hard
Laid downSeptember 1745
Launched27 January 1746
CommissionedJanuary 1746
FateSold to be broken up on 17 July 1770
General characteristics
Class and typesixth rate
Tons burthen508 tons bm
Length
  • 112 ft 6 in (34.3 m) (gundeck)
  • 91 ft 10 in (28.0 m) (keel)
Beam32 ft 3 in (9.8 m)
Depth of hold11 ft 1 in (3.4 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament24 guns comprising 22 × 9-pounders (20 on upper deck, 2 on lower deck) and 2 × 3-pounders (on quarterdeck).

HMS Surprize was a 24-gun sixth rate ship of the Royal Navy. She was built to the 1741 revised specifications of the 1719 Establishment by James Wyatt and John Major at Bucklers Hard on the Beaulieu River in Hampshire and launched on 27 January 1745.

She was broken up in 1770.

References

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  • Winfield, Rif, British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing, 2007. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.
  • Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.