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HMS Pembroke (1733)

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Name
  
HMS Pembroke

Builder
  
Woolwich Dockyard

Tons burthen
  
956

Ordered
  
8 September 1726

Fate
  
Wrecked, 1749

Launched
  
27 November 1733

Class and type
  
1719 Establishment 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line

HMS Pembroke was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built to the dimensions of the 1719 Establishment at Woolwich Dockyard, and launched on 27 November 1733.

In April 1749, whilst near Fort St David, Pembroke, along with Namur and the hospital ship Apollo, was wrecked in a storm, with the loss of 330 of her crew, only 12 being saved.

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HMS Pembroke (1733) Wikipedia