HMS ''Tilbury'' was a 58-gun
fourth rate
In 1603 all English warships with a complement of fewer than 160 men were known as 'small ships'. In 1625/26 to establish pay rates for officers, a six-tier naval ship rating system was introduced.Winfield 2009 These small ships were divided ...
ship of the line
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of the
Royal Navy
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, ordered from
Portsmouth Dockyard
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on 17 December 1742 and built by
Peirson Lock to the dimensions laid down in the
1741 proposals of the
1719 Establishment. She was launched on 20 July 1745.
In 1757 ''Tilbury'' was under the command of Captain
Henry Barnsley, and formed part of Vice Admiral
Francis Holburne's expedition to capture
Louisbourg
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History
The harbour had been used by European mariners since at least the 1590s, when it was known as English Port and Havre à l'An ...
. The squadron was dispersed by a storm on 24 September,
and ''Tilbury'' was driven onto the rocks. Captain Barnsley and 120 of his crew were drowned, and the survivors became French prisoners, though they were treated well by their captors.
[Ships of the Old Navy, ''Tilbury''.]
Notes
References
*Lavery, Brian (1983) ''The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850''. Conway Maritime Press. .
*Michael Phillips
''Tilbury'' (58) (1745)
Michael Phillips' Ships of the Old Navy. Retrieved 9 August 2008.
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Ships of the line of the Royal Navy
1745 ships
Maritime incidents in 1757