HMS Sultan (1775) is a 74-gun battleship of the 3rd rank of the Royal Navy , the second ship of His Majesty, named Sultan ( Sultan ).
| HMS Sultan | |
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| HMS Sultan | |
 Royal Oak drawings, including HMS Sultan | |
| Service | |
 Great Britain | |
| Ship class and type | battleship 3 rank type Royal Oak |
| Type of sailing equipment | three-mast ship |
| Organization |  Royal Navy |
| Manufacturer | Barnard , Harwich |
| Construction started | March 1771 |
| Launched | December 23, 1775 |
| Removed from the fleet | sent for scrap, 1816 |
| Main characteristics | |
| Displacement | 1614 tons ( approx. ) [1] |
| Gondek length | 168 feet 6 inches (51.36 m ) |
| Mid- width width | 46 ft 9 dm (14.25 m) |
| Depth of intrum | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
| Engines | Sail |
| Armament | |
| Total number of guns | 74 |
| Guns on the gandek | 28 × 32lb guns |
| Operdeck guns | 28 × 18-fn guns |
| Guns on shkantsah | 14 × 9-fn guns |
| Tank guns | 4 × 9-fn guns |
Ordered on January 14, 1771 . Launched on December 23, 1775 at the Barnard private shipyard in Harwich. [one]
Participated in the American Revolutionary War.
1779 - Captain Alan Gardner ( born Alan Gardner ), was at Grenada .
1782 - 1783 - participated in the East India campaign. He was in all major battles ( Sadras , Providien , Negapatam , Trincomalee , Cuddalor ).
1784 - Captain Thomas Trubridge ; returned from the East Indies with the squadron of Vice Admiral Hughes .
1797 - turned into a floating prison . Renamed to HMS Suffolk in 1805 .
Sent for scrap and disassembled in 1816 . [one]
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- 2 1 2 3 Lavery, B. The Ship of the Line. The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. - Conway Maritime Press, 2003. - Vol. I. - P. 179. - ISBN 0-85177-252-8 .