HMS Sutherland (1741)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Sutherland.

History
HMS Sutherland sailed by John Rous during the Siege of Louisbourg (1758)
Great Britain
Name:	HMS Sutherland
Ordered:	28 April 1740
Builder:	Taylor, Rotherhithe
Launched:	15 October 1741
Fate:	Sold, 1770
General characteristics ^[1]
Class and type:	1733 proposals 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	873 long tons (887.0 t)
Length:	134 ft (40.8 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	38 ft 6 in (11.7 m)
Depth of hold:	15 ft 9 in (4.8 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	50 guns: Gundeck: 22 × 18 pdrs Upper gundeck: 22 × 9 pdrs Quarterdeck: 4 × 6 pdrs Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

HMS Sutherland was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Rotherhithe according to the dimensions laid out in the 1733 proposals of the 1719 Establishment, and launched on 15 October 1741.^[1]

Sutherland was sold out of the navy in 1770.^[1]

Notes

Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.

1719 Establishment

100-gun first rates	Royal Sovereign

90-gun second rates	Prince George Union Namur Neptune Marlborough

80-gun third rates	Lancaster Princess Amelia Cornwall Norfolk Somerset Princess Caroline Russell

70-gun third rates	Edinburgh Northumberland Burford Captain Stirling Castle Berwick Lenox Kent Grafton Ipswich Buckingham Prince of Orange

60-gun fourth rates	Canterbury Plymouth Sunderland Windsor Deptford Swallow Tilbury Warwick Pembroke Dunkirk

50-gun fourth rates	Falkland Chatham Colchester Leopard Argyll Portland Assistance Romney Salisbury Oxford Falmouth Lichfield Greenwich Newcastle

100-gun first rates	Victory

90-gun second rates	Duke St George

80-gun third rates	Boyne Cumberland

70-gun third rates	Elizabeth Suffolk Essex Nassau Prince Frederick Bedford Royal Oak Stirling Castle Monmouth Revenge Captain Berwick

60-gun fourth rates	Weymouth Strafford Worcester Augusta Dragon Jersey Superb Lion Kingston Rupert Dreadnought Medway Princess Mary Exeter Nottingham

50-gun fourth rates	Gloucester St Albans Severn Guernsey Hampshire Leopard Nonsuch Sutherland Antelope Dartmouth Woolwich Preston

90-gun second rates	Ramillies Prince

80-gun third rates	Newark

74-gun third rates	Culloden

66-gun third rates	Devonshire Lancaster

64-gun third rates	Northumberland Edinburgh Hampton Court Kent Yarmouth

58-gun fourth rates	Princess Louisa Defiance Canterbury Sunderland Tilbury Eagle

50-gun fourth rates	Chester Harwich Winchester Maidstone Colchester Portland Falkland Salisbury Advice Gloucester Norwich Ruby Colchester Lichfield Panther

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