HMS Elizabeth (1769)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Elizabeth.

Elizabeth as drawn by Thomas Luny
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Elizabeth
Ordered	6 November 1765
Builder	Portsmouth Dockyard
Laid down	6 May 1766
Launched	17 October 1769
Fate	Broken up, 1797
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Elizabeth-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	1617 bm
Length	168 ft 6 in (51.36 m) (gundeck)
Beam	46 ft (14 m)
Depth of hold	19 ft 9 in (6.02 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounder guns QD: 14 × 9-pounder guns Fc: 4 × 9-pounder guns

The approved plan showing the inboard profile for Elizabeth, 1769

HMS Elizabeth in a storm circa 1791

HMS Elizabeth was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 17 October 1769 at Portsmouth Dockyard.[1]

In 1778 James Bisset served on the ship as a newly commissioned lieutenant under Captain Frederick Maitland. Maitland had married Bisset's first cousin, Margaret Louisa Dick of Edinburgh.[2]

She was broken up in 1797.[1]

Citations and notes

1. Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 179.
2. "Thomas Bisset and his Relationship with Cook".

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.

External links

• Media related to HMS Elizabeth (ship, 1769) at Wikimedia Commons