HMS Maidstone (1744) explained
HMS Maidstone was a 50-gun
fourth rate ship of the line of the
Royal Navy, built at
Rotherhithe to the dimensions laid down in the 1741 proposals of the
1719 Establishment, and launched on 12 October 1744.
Maidstone had a short life, being wrecked in 1747.
References
- Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. .