![]() Orford
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Name | HMS Orford |
Ordered | 31 August 1745 |
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Laid down | 24 February 1746 |
Launched | 15 November 1749 |
Commissioned | March 1755 |
Fate | Sunk as a breakwater, Sheerness, 1783 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | 1745 Establishment 70-gun third rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 1,414 56⁄94 (bm) |
Length |
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Beam | 45 ft 0 in (13.7 m) |
Depth of hold | 19 ft 4 in (5.9 m) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Complement | 520 |
Armament |
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HMS Orford was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built to the draught specified by the 1745 Establishment at Woolwich Dockyard, and launched in 1749.