HMS Prudent

HMS Prudent was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 28 September 1768 at Woolwich.^[1]

History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Prudent
Ordered	7 January 1762
Builder	Woolwich Dockyard
Launched	28 September 1768
Honours & awards	Participated in: Battle of St. Kitts
Fate	Sold out of the service, 1814
General characteristics [1]
Class & type	Exeter-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	1367 (bm)
Length	158 ft 9 in (48.4 m) (gundeck)
Beam	44 ft (13.4 m)
Depth of hold	19 ft 1 in (5.8 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	Gundeck: 26 × 24-pounder guns Upper gundeck: 26 × 18-pounder guns QD: 10 × 4-pounder guns Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns

She is listed as being on harbour service in 1779,^[1] though she was back in regular service later in the American Revolutionary War as in 1782 she participated in the Battle of St. Kitts.^[2]

Prudent was at Plymouth on 20 January 1795 and so shared in the proceeds of the detention of the Dutch naval vessels, East Indiamen, and other merchant vessels that were in port on the outbreak of war between Britain and the Netherlands.^[3]

Prudent was sold out of the service in 1814.^[1]