HMS Panther (1758)

HMS Panther was a 60-gun fourth-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 22 June 1758 at Chatham Dockyard.

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

History
Great Britain
NameHMS Panther
Ordered25 May 1756
BuilderMartin and Henniker, Chatham
Laid downJune 1756
Launched22 June 1758
Commissioned3 September 1758
In service
  • 1758–1765
  • 1771–1774
  • 1777–1783
  • 1807–1813
FateBroken up at Portsmouth Dockyard, November 1813
General characteristics
Class and typeEdgar-class ship of the line
Tons burthen128559⁄94 bm
Length
  • 154 ft 0 in (46.94 m) (gundeck)
  • 127 ft 0 in (38.71 m) (keel)
Beam43 ft 7 in (13.28 m)
Depth of hold18 ft 4 in (5.59 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement420
Armament
  • 60 guns:
  • Gundeck: 24 × 24 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 12 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 8 × 6 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

She served during the Seven Years' War, sailing for the far east to take part in the expedition against Manila. On 31 October 1761 Panther and the Coventry-class 24-gun sixth-rate Argo captured the Spanish galleon Spanish ship Santísima Trinidad in a two-hour action, loaded with cargo valued at $1.5 million.

Panther was fitted as a prison hulk at Plymouth Dockyard from 1807, and was broken up in 1813.

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