HMS Greyhound (1741) facts for kids

Quick facts for kids History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Greyhound
Ordered	5 December 1740
Builder	Thomas Snelgrove, Limehouse
Laid down	26 January 1741
Launched	19 September 1741
Completed	10 November 1741
Commissioned	September 1741
Decommissioned	January 1768
Out of service	5 April 1768
Fate	Sold out of service, April 1768
General characteristics
Class and type	24-gun sixth-rate
Tons burthen	450 55/94 bm
Length	108 ft 1 in (32.9 m) (overall) 88 ft 3 in (26.9 m) (keel)
Beam	31 ft 0 in (9.4 m)
Depth of hold	10 ft 2 in (3.1 m)
Propulsion	Sail
Sail plan	ship-rigged
Complement	140 (160 from 1745)
Armament	20 × 9pdrs (upper deck) 2 × 9pdrs (lower deck) 2 × 3 pdrs (quarterdeck)

HMS Greyhound was a 20-gun sixth-rate ship of the Royal Navy, built in 1740-41 according to the 1733 modifications of the 1719 Establishment, 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 River Thames at Erith, Kent in January 1768. She was consequently declared unseaworthy and sold out of service three months later.