- Notes
- References
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}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption=[1] | Ship class=Bellona class ship of the line | {{fraction>25|94}} (bm) | 168|ft|m|abbr=on}} (gundeck) | 46|ft|9|in|m|abbr=on}} | 21|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} | 19|ft|9|in|m|abbr=on}} | Ship sail plan=Full rigged ship | Ship propulsion=Sails | Ship complement= | Ship armament=*74 guns:- Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs
- Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs
- Quarterdeck: 14 × 9 pdrs
- Forecastle: 4 × 9 pdrs
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}} | HMS Kent was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 23 March 1762 at Deptford Dockyard.[1]In 1774, a chest containing perhaps as much as 400 lb (181.4 kg) of gunpowder exploded during saluting, killing eleven and injuring dozens more, and causing the marine drummer sitting on the chest to be blown overboard. The marine reportedly suffered no injuries as a result.[2] She was sold out of the service in 1784.[1] Notes1. ^1 2 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p176.
2. ^Ships of the Old Navy, Kent.
References{{refbegin}}- 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}}.
- Michael Phillips. Kent (74) (1762). Michael Phillips' Ships of the Old Navy. Retrieved 15 November 2008.
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