HMS Pembroke (1733)

History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Pembroke
Ordered	8 September 1726
Builder	Woolwich Dockyard
Launched	27 November 1733
Fate	Wrecked, 1749
General characteristics
Class and type	1719 Establishment 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	956
Length	144 ft (43.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam	39 ft (11.9 m)
Depth of hold	16 ft 5 in (5.0 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	60 guns:; Gundeck: 24 × 24-pdrs; Upper gundeck: 26 × 9-pdrs; Quarterdeck: 8 × 6-pdrs; Forecastle: 2 × 6-pdrs;

HMS Pembroke was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built to the dimensions of the 1719 Establishment at Woolwich Dockyard, and launched on 27 November 1733.^[1]

In April 1749, whilst near Fort St David, Pembroke, along with Namur and the hospital ship Apollo, was wrecked in a storm, with the loss of 330 of her crew, only 12 being saved.^[2]^[3]

Notes

^ ^a ^b Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 170.
^ Ships of the Old Navy, Pembroke.
^ "(untitled)". Lloyd's List. No. 1479. Lloyd's of London. 30 January 1749.

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.
Michael Phillips. Pembroke (60) (1733). Michael Phillips' Ships of the Old Navy. Retrieved 1 August 2008.

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[Lavery,_SoLv1_p170-1] Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 170.

[SON,_Pembroke-2] Ships of the Old Navy, Pembroke.

[LL300149-3] "(untitled)". Lloyd's List. No. 1479. Lloyd's of London. 30 January 1749.

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