HMS Vulture (1744)

History
Great Britain
Name:	HMS Vulture
Ordered:	6 August 1743
Builder:	John Greaves, Limehouse
Laid down:	16 September 1743
Launched:	4 May 1744
Completed:	24 May 1744 at Deptford Dockyard
Commissioned:	April 1744
Fate:	Sold to break up at Portsmouth on 30 January 1761
General characteristics
Class and type:	Hind-class sloop
Tons burthen:	267  ^3⁄94 (bm)
Length:	91 ft 4 in (27.8 m) (gundeck) 73 ft 10.875 in (22.5 m) (keel)
Beam:	26 ft 0.75 in (7.9 m)
Depth of hold:	12 ft 1.75 in (3.7 m)
Sail plan:	Snow brig
Armament:	10 × 6-pounder guns (l4 guns from 1748)

HMS Vulture was a 10-gun two-masted Hind-class sloop of the Royal Navy, designed by Joseph Allin and built by John Greaves at Limehouse on the Thames River, England and launched on 4 May 1744. Her name was often written as Vulter.

After service from 1744 to 1749 (when her armament was increased to 14 x 6-pounder guns), and then from 1751 to 1758, she was sold to be taken to pieces at Portsmouth on 30 January 1761.

References

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• McLaughlan, Ian. The Sloop of War 1650-1763. Seaforth Publishing, 2014. ISBN 978-1-84832-187-8.
• Rif Winfield (2007). British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1714-1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.