HMS ''Greyhound'' was a 20-gun sixth-rate ship of the

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, built in 1740-41 according to the 1733 modifications of the

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, and in service in the West Indies, the Americas and the Caribbean. After extensive service including the single-handed capture of two other ships of equivalent size and armament, ''Greyhound'' was driven ashore in the

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in January 1768. She was consequently declared unseaworthy and sold out of service three months later.Winfield 2007, p. 253

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