HMS Buckingham (1751)

Buckingham on the stocks at Deptford
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Buckingham
Ordered	15 November 1745
Builder	John Hollond, Deptford Dockyard
Laid down	26 January 1746
Launched	30 April 1751
Commissioned	May 1755
Renamed	HMS Grampus, 1777
Fate	Sank, Atlantic Ocean, 11 November 1779
General characteristics
Class and type	1745 Establishment 70-gun third-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	1435 62⁄94 (bm)
Length	160 ft 0 in (48.8 m) (gundeck) 131 ft 4 in (40.0 m) (gundeck)
Beam	45 ft 4 in (13.8 m)
Depth of hold	19 ft 4 in (5.9 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	520
Armament	70 guns: Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs Upper deck: 28 × 18 pdrs Quarterdeck: 12 × 9 pdrs Forecastle: 4 × 9 pdrs

HMS Buckingham (later renamed HMS Grampus) was a 70-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Deptford Dockyard by John Holland to the draught specified by the 1745 Establishment, and in active service during the Seven Years' War with France.^[1] With a crew of 520 she was one of the largest ships in the Navy at that time.