HMS Elizabeth (1769)
HMS Elizabeth was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 17 October 1769 at Portsmouth Dockyard.[1]
![]() Elizabeth as drawn by Thomas Luny  | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | HMS Elizabeth | 
| Ordered | 6 November 1765 | 
| Builder | Portsmouth Dockyard | 
| Laid down | 6 May 1766 | 
| Launched | 17 October 1769 | 
| Fate | Broken up, 1797 | 
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type | Elizabeth-class ship of the line | 
| Tons burthen | 1617 bm | 
| Length | 168 ft 6 in (51.36 m) (gundeck) | 
| Beam | 46 ft (14 m) | 
| Depth of hold | 19 ft 9 in (6.02 m) | 
| Propulsion | Sails | 
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship | 
| Armament | |
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The approved plan showing the inboard profile for Elizabeth, 1769

HMS Elizabeth in a storm circa 1791
In 1778 James Bisset served on the ship as a newly commissioned lieutenant under Captain Frederick Maitland. Maitland had married Bisset's first cousin, Margaret Louisa Dick of Edinburgh.[2]
She was broken up in 1797.[1]
Citations and notes
    
- Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p179.
 - "Thomas Bisset and his Relationship with Cook".
 
References
    
- Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
 
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