HMS Stirling Castle (1742)

	French Firerafts Attacking the British Fleet off Quebec, 28 June 1759 by Samuel Scott. The left foreground of the picture is taken up with the anchored British fleet in which Saunders' flagship, Stirling Castle, is in starboard-quarter view in the foreground just left of centre.
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Stirling Castle
Ordered	6 August 1739
Builder	John Ward, Chatham Dockyard
Laid down	25 August 1740
Launched	24 April 1742
Completed	30 May 1742
Commissioned	May 1742
Decommissioned	September 1762
In service	1742–1747; 1755–1762;
Out of service	1762
Fate	Scuttled on 14 September 1762
Notes	Participated in:; Battle of Toulon; Battle of Havana;
General characteristics
Class & type	1733 proposals 70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	1225 40⁄94 bm
Length	151 ft (46.0 m) (gundeck); 121 ft 9 in (37.1 m) (keel);
Beam	43 ft 6 in (13.3 m)
Depth of hold	17 ft 9 in (5.4 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	480
Armament	1742–1756: 70 guns comprising:; Gundeck: 26 × 24-pounder guns; Upper deck: 26 × 12-pounder guns; Quarterdeck: 14 × 6-pounder guns; Forecastle: 4 × 6-pounder guns; 1756–1762; Gundeck: 26 × 24-pounder guns; Upper deck: 26 × 12-pounder guns; Quarterdeck: 10 × 6-pounder guns ; Forecastle: 2 × 6-pounder guns;

HMS Stirling Castle was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Chatham Dockyard to the 1733 proposals of the 1719 Establishment, and launched on 24 April 1742.