HMS ''Lenox'' was a 74-gun third rate

ship of the line A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed during the Age of Sail from the 17th century to the mid-19th century. The ship of the line was designed for the naval tactic known as the line of battle, which depended on the two colu ...

of the Royal Navy, launched on 25 February 1758 at Chatham Dockyard. She was sunk as a breakwater in 1784.

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*Lavery, Brian (2003) ''The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650–1850.'' Conway Maritime Press. . Ships of the line of the Royal Navy Dublin-class ships of the line 1758 ships Ships sunk as breakwaters {{UK-line-ship-stub