HMS Lenox (1758)

	Lenox
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Lenox
Ordered	17 November 1755
Builder	Chatham Dockyard
Laid down	8 April 1756
Launched	25 February 1758
Commissioned	26 May 1758
Fate	Sunk as breakwater, 1784; later raised and broken up May 1789
General characteristics
Class and type	Dublin-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	157937⁄94 (bm)
Length	165 ft 6 in (50.44 m) (gundeck)
Beam	46 ft 6 in (14.17 m)
Depth of hold	19 ft 9 in (6.02 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	74 guns:; Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs; Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs; Quarterdeck: 14 × 9 pdrs; Forecastle: 4 × 9 pdrs;

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HMS Lenox was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 25 February 1758 at Chatham Dockyard.^[1]

She was sunk as a breakwater in 1784.^[1]

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 176.

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.

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[Lavery,_SoLv1_p176-1] Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 176.

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