More information : SAVAGE sloop of 8 guns, 144 tons BM, 74 x 21ft. Wrecked 1762 in Torbay. (2)
A Royal Navy sloop of war, built at Greenwich and launched on 24-MAR-1750, which drove ashore in a gale and was wrecked. (4)
Of the warships mentioned earlier foul of the Torbay area, the first was the 8-gun sloop o'war SAVAGE of 144 tons, ashore Feb 1762 near Roundham Head. The small inlet in which the wreck took place is known today as Savage Cove but anything that remains will be well buried under the sand. (5)
[Not included in British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail or in the Sailing Navy List, standard reference sources for the period.]
Launched: 24-Mar-1750 (2)(4)
Where launched: Woolwich Naval Yard (2)(4)
Armament: 8 guns (2)(5)
Owner: Royal Navy [all sources]
Date of loss qualifier: Approximate date of loss
Additional sources cited in Shipwreck Index of the British Isles:
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