HMS Pembroke (1757)

HMS Pembroke was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, designed by Sir Joseph Allin and built by Thomas Bucknall at Plymouth Dockyard to the draught specified in the 1745 Establishment as amended in 1752, and launched on 2 June 1757.

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

HMS Pembroke hove-to for the dispatch of a yacht
History
Great Britain
NamePembroke
Ordered8 November 1752
BuilderPlymouth Dockyard
Launched2 June 1757
FateBroken up, 1793
General characteristics
Class and type1752 amendments 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Length156 ft (47.5 m) (gundeck)
Beam42 ft (12.8 m)
Depth of hold18 ft (5.5 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • 60 guns:
  • Gundeck: 24 × 24 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 12 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 8 × 6 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

It was converted to serve as a hulk in 1776, and was eventually broken up in 1793.

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