HMS Union (1756)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Union.

History

United Kingdom
Name:	HMS Union
Ordered:	12 July 1750
Builder:	Chatham Dockyard
Launched:	25 September 1756
Fate:	Broken up, 1816
General characteristics ^[1]
Class and type:	1750 amendments 90-gun second rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	1781
Length:	171 ft (52.1 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	48 ft 6 in (14.8 m)
Depth of hold:	20 ft 6 in (6.2 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	90 guns: Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs Middle gundeck: 26 × 18 pdrs Upper gundeck: 26 × 12 pdrs Quarterdeck: 10 × 6 pdrs Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

HMS Union was a 90-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Chatham Dockyard to the draught specified by the 1745 Establishment as amended in 1750, and launched on 25 September 1756.^[1]

In 1756, one of the midshipmen on the Union was John Hunter, later to become an admiral and the second Governor of New South Wales.^[2]

In 1799, Union was converted to serve as a hospital ship, and continued in this role until 1816, when the decision was taken to have her broken up.^[1]

Notes

1 2 3 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p174.
↑ Auchmuty, J.J. (1966). "Hunter, John (1737-1821)". Australian Dictionary of Biography Online. Melbourne University Press. Retrieved 13 January 2009.

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.

1745 Establishment ships

1745 Establishment

100-gun first rates	Royal George Britannia

80-gun third rates	Princess Amelia

70-gun third rates	Vanguard Somerset Orford Grafton Swiftsure Northumberland Buckingham

60-gun fourth rates	St Albans Anson Tiger Weymouth York Medway

50-gun fourth rates	Greenwich Severn Tavistock Assistance Newcastle Falmouth Preston

1750 amendments

90-gun second rates	Namur Union Neptune

80-gun third rates	Cambridge

70-gun third rates	Chichester

60-gun fourth rates	Dunkirk Montagu

1752 amendments

60-gun fourth rates	Pembroke Rippon

50-gun fourth rates	Chatham

1754 amendments

70-gun third rates	Burford Dorsetshire Boyne

Preceded by: 1719 Establishment
Followed by: Sandwich class, Valiant class, Dublin class, Edgar class, Essex class

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