Royal Navy Ships that Cook mentions in early 1756

Ships of the Royal Navy that Cook mentions in his log during his time on the Eagle and Triton in early 1756.

Name	Rate	Guns	Burthen (tons)	Dimensions (feet)	Built	Where	Captain
Aldborough	6th	20	440	108 x 30.5	1756	Blackwall	John Donkley
Arundel	6th	24	509	112 x 32.5	1746	Chichester	Thomas Hankerson
Bedford	3rd	64	1,230	151 x 40	1741 R	Portsmouth	James Douglas
Colchester	4th	50	978	140.5 x 40	1746	Southampton	Lucius O'Brien
Eagle	4th	58	1,130	147 x 42	1745	Harwich	Hugh Palliser
Elizabeth	3rd	64	1,224	150.5 x 41	1737 R	Chatham	John Montagu
Romney	4th	44	756	130.5 x 35	1726 R	Deptford	Mark Milbanke
St. Albans	4th	60	1,207	150 x 43.5	1747	Deptford	William Gordon
Swiftsure	3rd	64	1,258	149 x 38.5	1742 R	Deptford	Matthew Buckle
Triton					1756 C	Bay of Biscay

C denotes captured R denotes rebuilt.

Originally published in Cook's Log, page 11, volume 29, number 3 (2006).

Early Royal Navy Voyages