HMS Bedford

Overview
Rating: 3rd rate

Class: Wenden-class third-rate Ship of the Line

Shipyard: Woolwich Dockyard -, rebuilt by  Pepys Naval Contracting on July 1721

Launched: July 10th, 1721

Status: on active service

Armament
Total Guns: 76

Topdeck: 24 x 7lbs

Upper Gundeck: 24 x 12lbs

Gundeck: 24 x 24lbs

Bow Chasers: 2 x 12lbs

Stern Chasers: 2 x 32lbs

Broadside Weight: 516lbs

Crew: 650

Commanders
Current Captain: Captain Wallenstein since July 10th, 1721

Previous Captains:

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Ship History
HMS Bedford was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Woolwich Dockyard on 12 September 1698.

She carried twenty-two 24-pounder guns and four (18-pounder) culverins on the lower deck; twenty-six 12-pounder guns on the upper deck; fourteen (5-pounder) sakers on the quarter-deck and forecastle; and four 3-pounder guns on the poop or roundhouse.