HMS Bridgewater (1744)

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

History
Great Britain
NameBridgewater
Ordered13 December 1743
BuilderGeorge Rowcliffe, Northam
Laid down20 December 1743
Launched13 October 1744
CompletedJanuary 1745
CommissionedOctober 1744
In service
  • 1744–1749
  • 1754–1758
Out of service1749–1754
FateBurnt to avoid capture, 1758
General characteristics
Class & type24-gun sixth rate
Tons burthen499+64⁄94 bm
Length
  • 112 ft 2.5 in (34.2 m) (gundeck)
  • 91 ft 6 in (27.9 m) (keel)
Beam32 ft 0.5 in (9.8 m)
Depth of hold11 ft 0 in (3.4 m)
Complement160
Armament
  • 20 × 9 pdrs (upper deck)
  • 2 × 9 pdrs (lower deck)
  • 2 × 3 pdrs (quarterdeck)

HMS Bridgewater was a 24-gun sixth rate of the Royal Navy which saw active service as a privateer-hunter in British waters from 1745 to 1749, during which time she captured six enemy vessels. Under repair from 1750 to 1754, she then returned to service as part of a squadron patrolling the Coromandel coast in India during the Seven Years' War. Trapped by the French off Fort St. David in 1758, she was run aground and burned to avoid being captured.

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