HMS Cornwall (1761) (2nd)
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The second HMS Cornwall (1761-1780) was a third rate, 74-gun ship.
Built by Wells of Deptford, and launched 19-May-1761, she was 168ft 6in long, 47ft 6in wide and of 1,634 tons builders measurement (bm). She served in the Channel until the end of the Seven Years War in 1763.
After service as a guardship at Plymouth she was sent to America. She was detached to St Lucia for repairs, but was so badly damaged that she was destroyed 30-Jun-1780.
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12 November, 2012.
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