HMS Burford (1757)

History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Burford
Ordered	19 January 1754
Builder	Chatham Dockyard
Laid down	30 October 1754
Launched	5 May 1757
Completed	15 July 1757
Commissioned	April 1757
Decommissioned	1784
In service	1757
Out of service	1785
Honours and awards	Louisburg 1758; Quiberon Bay 1759; Belle Isle 1761; Sadras 1782; Providien 1782; Negapatam 1782; and Trincomalee 1782
Fate	Sold, 31 March 1785
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	1754 amendments 70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	1,42439⁄94 (bm)
Length	162 ft 1 in (49.4 m) (gun deck) 134 ft 0 in (40.8 m) (keel)
Beam	44 ft 8 in (13.6 m)
Depth of hold	19 ft 8 in (6.0 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	520
Armament	68 guns: Lower deck: 26 × 32 pdrs Upper deck: 28 × 18 pdrs Quarterdeck: 12 × 9 pdrs Forecastle: 2 × 9 pdrs

HMS Burford was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Chatham Dockyard to the draught specified by the 1745 Establishment as amended in 1754, and launched in 1757.^[1]

She fought in the Seven Years' War in North America (including the capture of Louisbourg) and in the western squadron under Admiral Edward Hawke, including the Battle of Quiberon Bay. After the war she spent the subsequent peace as guardship at Plymouth and a troopship to the West Indies and was repaired in 1772. In the American Revolutionary War she was sent to the East Indies from 1779 to 1784 as part of admiral Edward Hughes's squadron where she participated in all five indecisive actions against the French admiral Suffren. After her return to England in 1784 she was sold for breaking up in 1785.^[1]