Name HMS Kent Builder Deptford Dockyard Launched 23 March 1762 | Ordered 20 March 1759 Tons burthen 1617 ⁄94 (bm) Draft 6.55 m | |
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Fate Sold out of the service, 1784 Class and type Bellona class ship of the line | ||
HMS Kent was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 23 March 1762 at Deptford Dockyard.
In 1774, a chest containing perhaps as much as 400 lb (181.4 kg) of gunpowder exploded during saluting, killing eleven and injuring dozens more, and causing the marine drummer sitting on the chest to be blown overboard. The marine reportedly suffered no injuries as a result.
She was sold out of the service in 1784.
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