Name HMS Union Builder Chatham Dockyard Tons burthen 1781 Length 52 m | Ordered 12 July 1750 Fate Broken up, 1816 Launched 25 September 1756 Beam 15 m | |
Class and type 1750 amendments 90-gun second rate ship of the line | ||
HMS Union was a 90-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Chatham Dockyard to the draught specified by the 1745 Establishment as amended in 1750, and launched on 25 September 1756.
In 1756, one of the midshipmen on the Union was John Hunter, later to become an admiral and the second Governor of New South Wales.
In 1799, Union was converted to serve as a hospital ship, and continued in this role until 1816, when the decision was taken to have her broken up.
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