HMS Cambridge (1755)
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The launch of HMS Cambridge, left, in 1755
(with HMS Royal George shown fictitiously, right). |
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| Name: | HMS Cambridge |
| Ordered: | 12 July 1750 |
| Builder: | Deptford Dockyard |
| Laid down: | 29 August 1750 |
| Launched: | 21 October 1755 |
| Commissioned: | 17 January 1756 |
| Fate: | Broken up in July 1808 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | 1750 amendments 80-gun third rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 1,615 long tons (1,640.9 t) |
| Length: | 166 ft (50.6 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 47 ft (14.3 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Armament: |
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HMS Cambridge was an 80-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Deptford Dockyard to the draught specified by the 1745 Establishment as amended in 1750, and launched on 21 October 1755.
Cambridge’s first captain was Sir Peircy Brett, who had previously been in command of HMY Royal Caroline. He was moved to the Cambridge in expectation of the outbreak of hostilities with France. With the outbreak of the Seven Years' War, Brett left the command in November or December 1756. He was replaced by Captain William Gordon. Gordon also did not spend long aboard Cambridge, leaving in April 1757 to take command of the newly launched HMS Princess Amelia. His successor was Captain Thomas Burnet, who was promoted to Post-Captain on 5 May. Cambridge then became Commodore Sir John Moore's flagship on the West Indies Station.
Cambridge remained on this station for several years. In January 1759 Sir John was reinforced with a fleet dispatched from England under the command of Commodore Robert Hughes, consisting of eight two-deckers, a frigate and four bomb ketches. They were also transporting a number of troops under the command of General Peregrine Hopson. They were instructed to make attacks on French settlements in the West Indies. The first of these was a British expedition against Guadeloupe, for which Moore transferred his flag to HMS Woolwich. Cambridge, in company with HMS Norfolk and HMS St George, were ordered to attack the main citadel. The resulting attack lasted from nine in the morning until four in the afternoon, and succeeded in silencing the defences. After this success Commodore Hughes returned to Britain in June, taking Burnet and the Cambridge with him.
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