HMS_Leopard_(1703)

HMS <i>Leopard</i> (1703)

HMS Leopard (1703)

Ship of the line of the Royal Navy

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

HMS Leopard was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Rotherhithe and launched on 15 March 1703.[1]

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Leopard underwent a rebuild according to the 1719 Establishment at Woolwich, and was relaunched on 18 April 1721. Leopard served until 1739, when she was broken up.[2]

Notes

  1. [1]
    Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p166.
  2. [2]
    Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p170.

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.


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