Name HMS Temple Fate Wrecked, 1762 Depth of hold 19 ft 4 in (5.89 m) Length 49 m | Ordered 9 September 1756 Tons burthen 1428 ⁄94 (bm) Launched 3 November 1758 Beam 14 m | |
Class and type 68-gun third rate ship of the line | ||
HMS Temple was a 68-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 3 November 1758 at Hull.
Commissioned in January 1759 under the command of Washington Shirley, she saw service at the Battle of Quiberon Bay in November.
The following year, in March 1760, she sailed for the West Indies under Captain Lucius O'Brien. With the aid of the cutter Griffin, in September of that year she recaptured the sloop Virgin off Grenada.
Temple operated as part of the fleet at the capture of Havana in 1762, under the command of Julian Legge. However, in December of that year, she foundered at sea and was lost.
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