HMS Bristol (1775)

Model of the Thomson Collection of Ship Models on display at the Art Gallery of Ontario
History
Great Britain
Name	Bristol
Namesake	Bristol
Ordered	12 October 1768
Builder	Sheerness Dockyard
Laid down	May 1771
Launched	25 October 1775
Commissioned	October 1775
Out of service	1786
Fate	Scrapped, June 1810
General characteristics
Class and type	Portland-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	1,049 9⁄94 bm
Length	146 ft (44.5 m) (Gundeck)
Beam	40 ft 7 in (12.4 m)
Draught	15 ft 7 in (4.7 m)
Depth of hold	17 ft 6 in (5.3 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	50 guns: Gundeck: 22 × 24-pdr cannon Upper gundeck: 22 × 12-pdr cannon Quarterdeck: 4 × 6-pdr cannon Forecastle: 2 × 6-pdr cannon

HMS Bristol was a 50-gun Portland-class fourth-rate ship of the line, built for the Royal Navy in the 1770s. She served as a flagship during the Battle of Sullivan's Island, Charleston, South Carolina in 1776 during the American Revolutionary War and later participated in the 1783 Battle of Cuddalore during the Anglo-French War of 1778–83. By 1787 the ship had been converted into a church ship. Converted into a prison ship in 1794, Bristol instead served as a hospital ship until she was broken up in 1810.