HMS Preston (1757) (3rd)
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This the third ship to carry the name HMS Preston was a fourth
rate, 50-gun, ship. Built at Deptford Dockyard, launched 07-Feb-1757, 143ft 6in long, 41ft 6in wide and of 1,044 tons builders measurement. Converted to a sheer hulk Oct-1785. Broken up Jan-1815 at Woolwich. Won the battle Honours: St. Lucia 1778 and Dogger Bank 1781.
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