HMS Buckingham (1751)

HMS Buckingham (1751)

HMS "Buckingham" was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Deptford Dockyard to the draught specified by the 1745 Establishment, and launched on 13 April 1751.

In 1771, she was converted to serve as a storeship and was renamed "Grampus". She remained in this role until her loss in 1778.

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*Lavery, Brian (2003) "The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850". Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.

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