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HMS Maidstone (1744)

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Name
  
HMS Maidstone

Builder
  
Wells, Rotherhithe

Tons burthen
  
979

Ordered
  
16 May 1743

Fate
  
Wrecked, 1747

Launched
  
12 October 1744

Class and type
  
1741 proposals 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line

HMS Maidstone was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Rotherhithe to the dimensions laid down in the 1741 proposals of the 1719 Establishment, and launched on 12 October 1744.

Maidstone had a short life, being wrecked in 1747.

References

HMS Maidstone (1744) Wikipedia