HMS Nonsuch (1774)

As third rate: 500 (491 from 1794)
As floating battery: 230 officers and men, 14 Marines, and 50 supernumeraries.

	Nonsuch
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Nonsuch
Ordered	30 November 1769
Builder	Israel Pownoll, Plymouth Dockyard
Laid down	January 1772
Launched	17 December 1774
Fate	Broken up, 1802
General characteristics
Class and type	Intrepid-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	1373 (bm)
Length	159 ft 5 in (48.6 m) (gundeck);130 ft 10+1⁄2 in (39.9 m) (keel)
Beam	44 ft 0+7⁄8 in (13.4 m)
Depth of hold	19 ft 0+1⁄2 in (5.8 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	As third rate: 500 (491 from 1794); As floating battery: 230 officers and men, 14 Marines, and 50 supernumeraries.;
Armament	As third rate:; Gundeck: 26 × 24-pounder guns; Upper gundeck: 26 × 18-pounder guns; QD: 10 × 4-pounder guns; Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns; As floating battery:; Lower deck: 20 x 68-pounder carronades; Upper deck: 26 x 24-pounder guns;

HMS Nonsuch was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Israel Pownoll and launched on 17 December 1774 at Plymouth. She was broken up in 1802.

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