HMS Rochester (1749)
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hms-rochester-1749-252-1952001
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HMS Rochester (1749)
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HMS Rochester was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Deptford Dockyard and launched on 3 August 1749. In contrast to standard practise at the time, Rochester was not built to the Establishment of dimensions in effect at the time. Rochester and her sister-ship, Bristol, were 6 ft (1.8 m) longer than the Establishment specified, and were ordered as an experiment in building larger ships in response to the widening gulf between the sizes of British ships and their con
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Ship of the line of the Royal Navy
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Rochester_(1749)
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2023-07-29T08:05:36Z
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