Wednesday, April 25, 2018

HMS Kingston (Privateer Lord Clive)-- Part 1: British Service


From Wikipedia.

The HMS Kingston was a 60 gun, 4th rate ship of the line built in Hull and launched 13 March 1677.  It measured 145 feet on the gundeck and had a 38 foot beam.  It was rebuilt in 1719 and 1740.

It took part in the  War of Spanish Succession and fought in three battles.  Also involved in the Seven Years War and at the Battle of Minorca in 1756 and the Battle of Quiberon Bay in 1759.

--Cooter

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