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HMS Orford (1749) (3rd)
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This the third ship to carry the name HMS Orford was a third
rate, 70-gun, ship-of-the-line. Built at Woolwich Dockyard, launched 1749, 160ft long, 45ft wide and of 1,414 tons builders measurement. Used for harbour service from Mar-1777. Sunk Jun-1783 as a breakwater at Sheerness. Won the Battle Honours: Louisburg 1758, Quebec 1759 and Havana 1762.
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