HMS Medway (1742)

	Medway
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Medway
Ordered	5 December 1740
Builder	Bird, Rotherhithe
Launched	26 May 1742
Fate	Scuttled, 1748
General characteristics
Class and type	1733 proposals 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	1080
Length	144 ft (43.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam	41 ft 5 in (12.6 m)
Depth of hold	16 ft 11 in (5.2 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 Medway was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built to the 1733 proposals of the 1719 Establishment at Rotherhithe, and launched on 26 May 1742.^[1]

Medway was scuttled in 1748.^[1]

Notes

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.