HMS Temple

Temple
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Temple
Ordered	9 September 1756
Builder	Blades, Hull
Launched	3 November 1758
Fate	Wrecked, 1762
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	68-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	142876⁄94 (bm)
Length	160 ft (49 m) (gundeck)
Beam	45 ft (14 m)
Depth of hold	19 ft 4 in (5.89 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	68 guns: Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs Quarterdeck: 12 × 9 pdrs Forecastle: 2 × 9 pdrs

HMS Temple was a 68-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 3 November 1758 at Blaydes Yard in Hull.^[1]

Commissioned in January 1759 under the command of Washington Shirley, she saw service at the Battle of Quiberon Bay in November.^[2]

The following year, in March 1760, she sailed for the West Indies under Captain Lucius O'Brien. With the aid of the cutter Griffin, in September of that year she recaptured the sloop Virgin off Grenada.^[2]

Temple operated as part of the fleet at the capture of Havana in 1762, under the command of Julian Legge. From June to September she was commanded by Chaloner Ogle and thereafter by Thomas Collingwood.

On 18 December of that year, en route home to England, she developed severe leaks off Cape Clear Island and foundered at sea and was lost.^[2]

Notes

1. Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 177.
2. "NMM, vessel ID 377150" (PDF). Warship Histories, vol x. National Maritime Museum. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2012.

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.