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HMS Portland (1744)

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Name
  
HMS Portland

Fate
  
Sold, 1763

Launched
  
11 October 1744

Beam
  
12 m

Ordered
  
24 April 1743

Tons burthen
  
974

Length
  
43 m

Builder
  
Limehouse

Honours and awards
  
Second Battle of Cape Finisterre, 1747

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

HMS Portland was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Limehouse according to the dimensions laid down in the 1741 proposals of the 1719 Establishment, and launched on 11 October 1744.

Portland served until 1763, when she was sold out of the navy.

References

HMS Portland (1744) Wikipedia