Ship of the line of the Royal Navy
History Great Britain Name HMS Panther Ordered 25 May 1756 Builder Martin and Henniker, Chatham Laid down June 1756 Launched 22 June 1758 Commissioned 3 September 1758 In service
1758–1765
1771–1774
1777–1783
1807–1813
Fate Broken up at Portsmouth Dockyard , November 1813 General characteristics Class and type Edgar -classship of the line Tons burthen 128559 ⁄94 bm Length
154 ft 0 in (46.94 m) (gundeck)
127 ft 0 in (38.71 m) (keel )
Beam 43 ft 7 in (13.28 m) Depth of hold 18 ft 4 in (5.59 m) Sail plan Full-rigged ship Complement 420 Armament
60 guns:
Gundeck: 24 × 24 pdrs
Upper gundeck: 26 × 12 pdrs
Quarterdeck: 8 × 6 pdrs
Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs
HMS Panther was a 60-gun fourth-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy , launched on 22 June 1758 at Chatham Dockyard .[ 1]
She served during the Seven Years' War , sailing for the far east to take part in the expedition against Manila . On 31 October 1761 Panther and the Coventry -classsixth-rate Argo captured the Spanish galleon Spanish ship Santísima Trinidad in a two-hour action, loaded with cargo valued at $1.5 million.[ 2]
Panther was fitted as a prison hulk at Plymouth Dockyard from 1807, and was broken up in 1813.[ 1]
Plan of the attack against Fort Louis (now Fort George), at Point à Pitre , Guadeloupe by a squadron, detached from Commodore Moore and commanded by Captain Wm. Harman of HMS Berwick on 14 February 1759. Showing Panther Battle of the Dutch ship Mars , against the English warships Monarch , Panther and Sybille (near Sint Eustatius Island, in the action of 4 February 1781
Notes
^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line Vol. 1, p. 177.
^ Tracy, Nicholas (1995). Manila Ransomed . University of Exeter Press. pp. 75– 76. ISBN 0859894266
References
Lavery, Brian (2003). The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The Development of the Battlefleet 1650–1850 . Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0851772528
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