HMS Pembroke (1733)

HMS Pembroke was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built to the dimensions of the 1719 Establishment at Woolwich Dockyard, and launched on 27 November 1733.[1]

Pembroke shown here at the First Battle of Cape Finisterre (1747)
For other ships with the same name, see HMS Pembroke.

History
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
NameHMS Pembroke
Ordered8 September 1726
BuilderWoolwich Dockyard
Launched27 November 1733
FateWrecked, 1749
General characteristics [1]
Class and type1719 Establishment 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen956
Length144 ft (43.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam39 ft (11.9 m)
Depth of hold16 ft 5 in (5.0 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • 60 guns:
  • Gundeck: 24 × 24 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 9 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 8 × 6 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

In April 1749, whilst near Fort St David, Pembroke, along with Namur and the hospital ship Apollo, was wrecked in a storm, with the loss of 330 of her crew, only 12 being saved.[2][3]

Notes
  1. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p170.
  2. Ships of the Old Navy, Pembroke.
  3. "(untitled)". Lloyd's List. No. 1479. Lloyd's of London. 30 January 1749.

References
  • Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
  • Michael Phillips. Pembroke (60) (1733). Michael Phillips' Ships of the Old Navy. Retrieved 1 August 2008.


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