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Preston(1742); Warship; Fourth rate; 50-guns
Scale: 1:48. A block model of the ‘Preston’ (1742), a 50-gun, small two-decker.
The ‘Preston’ was launched at Plymouth in 1742 and hulked in 1748. It was built to the 1733 Establishment. It was 134 feet long and 38½ feet in the beam, and weighed 853 tons burden. It carried a complement of 300 men. It had twenty-two 18-pound guns on its gun deck, twenty-six 12-pounders on its upper deck, fourteen 6-pounders on its quarterdeck, and four 6-pounders on its forecastle.
The ‘Preston’ was launched at Plymouth in 1742 and hulked in 1748. It was built to the 1733 Establishment. It was 134 feet long and 38½ feet in the beam, and weighed 853 tons burden. It carried a complement of 300 men. It had twenty-two 18-pound guns on its gun deck, twenty-six 12-pounders on its upper deck, fourteen 6-pounders on its quarterdeck, and four 6-pounders on its forecastle.
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Object Details
| ID: | SLR0464 |
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| Collection: | Ship models |
| Type: | Full hull model; Block model |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Vessels: | Preston (1742) |
| Date made: | 1739; Circa 1742 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. |
| Measurements: | Overall model: 267 x 1006 x 249 mm; Base: 111 x 1039 x 266 mm |
| Parts: | Preston(1742); Warship; Fourth rate; 50-guns |