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HISTORY OF MARINE ARCHITECTURE,

Loads.

Feet.

Brought forward - 2405

29

Dantzic ditto of 4

135

49

Ditto of 3

14

37

Elm ditto of 4

5

35

Ditto of 3 omitted.

Total - 2562

0

The inferior class in the same rate descended to ships nominally carrying 50guns; a force which was occasionally increased, sometimes f.om caprice, and onother occasions from necessity, to 54- or even 58. Of this class, the Romneyand Falmouth will afford a sufficient specimen : the first continued in existencefor nearly forty years in constant esteem, as a ship possessing excellent qualities inproportion to her rate; the latter, scarcely inferior in repute, was much moreunfortunate in the duration of her existence, having proceeded to the East Indies,and frequently sustained there the brunt of the various heavy contests whichtook place between the British and French squadrons under Sir George Pococke,and the count D’Ache, was prematurely condemned, and finally left to perish atBatavia.

llOMNEV, 50 guns, taken in Hand the 1st of August, i 759, and launched the

8th July, 1752.

Feet. Inches.

Length on the gun-deck - - - 146 0

Length of the keel for tonnage - - - 120 8|-

Brcadth extreme - - - - - - 40

Depth in the hold - - - - - 17 2

Burthen in tons - - 104-Gii..

Loads. F eet.

Strait oak timber - - *3L8 4-5

Compass ditto ----- 1065 13

Elm ditto - - - - - - 28 15

Carry forward - 14-12 23

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