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{{Short description|Royal Navy third rate ship of the line}}
{{other ships|HMS Bedford}}
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| Ship image = 'Bedford' (1741) RMG J3121.png
| Ship caption = Plan of the 1741 rebuild of ''Bedford''
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| Ship country = [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]]
| Ship flag = [[File:Naval Ensign of Great Britain (1707-1800).svg|60px|Royal Navy Ensign]]
| Ship name = HMS ''Bedford''
| Ship ordered = 24 December 1695
| Ship builder = Fisher Harding, Woolwich Dockyard
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| Ship launched = 12 September 1698
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| Ship fate = Sold, 1787
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| Header caption = as built<ref name="Lavery, SoLv1 p163">Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 163.</ref>
| Ship class = 70-gun [[third rate]] [[ship of the line]]
| Ship tons burthen = 1073
| Ship length = {{convert|151|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} (gundeck)
| Ship beam = {{convert|40|ft|4|in|m|1|abbr=on}}
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| Ship hold depth = {{convert|16|ft|9|in|m|1|abbr=on}}
| Ship sail plan = [[Full-rigged ship]]
| Ship propulsion = Sails
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| Ship armament = 70 guns as set out in the article
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| Header caption = after 1741 rebuild<ref name="Lavery, SoLv1 p171">Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p171.</ref>
| Ship class = [[1719 Establishment#1733 proposals|1733 proposals]] 70-gun third rate ship of the line
| Ship tons burthen = 1230
| Ship length = {{convert|151|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} (gundeck)
| Ship beam = {{convert|43|ft|5|in|m|1|abbr=on}}
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| Ship hold depth = {{convert|17|ft|9|in|m|1|abbr=on}}
| Ship sail plan = [[Full-rigged ship]]
| Ship propulsion = Sails
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| Ship armament = *70 guns:
*Gundeck: 26 × 24-pounders
*Upper gundeck: 26 × 12-pounders
*Quarterdeck: 14 × 6-pounders
*Forecastle: 4 × 6-pounders
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'''HMS ''Bedford''''' was a 70-gun [[third rate]] [[ship of the line]] of the [[Royal Navy]], launched at [[Woolwich Dockyard]] on 12 September 1698.<ref name="Lavery, SoLv1 p163" /> 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 quarterdeck and forecastle; and four 3-pounder guns on the poop or roundhouse.
On 8 October 1736 ''Bedford'' was ordered to be taken to pieces and rebuilt by [[Joseph Allin]] the younger according to the [[1719 Establishment#1733 proposals|1733 proposals]] of the [[1719 Establishment]] at [[Portsmouth]], from where she was relaunched on 9 March 1741.<ref name="Lavery, SoLv1 p171" />
''Bedford'' was hulked in 1767, and served in this capacity until 1787, when she was sold out of the navy.<ref name="Lavery, SoLv1 p171" />
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==References==
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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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