Name HMS Baltimore Propulsion Sails Armament 14 × 4-pounder guns Builder Deptford Dockyard | Fate Sold 1762 Complement 110 men and boys Launched 1742 | |
HMS Baltimore was a Royal Navy sloop-of-war launched in 1742, designed by and named after Lord Baltimore who at the time was a Lord of the Admiralty.
As launched, the Baltimore had bilander rig, but in 1743 she was fitted with a conventional snow rig. Although her sides were pierced for 18 guns, she actually carried 14 four-pounders. In 1758 she was converted to a bomb vessel.
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