HMS Somerset (1748)

HMS Somerset was a 70-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Chatham Dockyard to the draught specified by the 1745 Establishment, and launched on 18 July 1748. She was the third vessel of the Royal Navy to bear the name. Somerset was involved in several notable battles of the Seven Years' War and the American Revolutionary War. She was wrecked in a storm in 1778 when she ran aground off of Provincetown, on Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

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

Somerset
History
Great Britain
NameHMS Somerset
Ordered4 September 1746
BuilderChatham Dockyard
Launched18 July 1748
FateWrecked, 2 November 1778
General characteristics
Class and type1745 Establishment 70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1,436 long tons (1,459.0 t)
Length160 ft (48.8 m) (gundeck)
Beam45 ft (13.7 m)
Depth of hold19 ft 4 in (5.9 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • 70 guns:
  • Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 12 × 9 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 4 × 9 pdrs
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