HMS ''Baltimore'' was a Royal Navy

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launched in 1742, designed by and named after Lord Baltimore who at the time was a

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. As launched, ''Baltimore'' had

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rig, but in 1743 she was fitted with a conventional

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rig. Although her sides were pierced for 18 guns, she actually carried 14 four-pounders. In 1749, the vessel transported British settlers to

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under the command of

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. In January 1758, she sailed from Yorktown, Virginia to Britain, carrying the colony's former governor,

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. Later that year she was converted to a

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Baltimore Sloops of the Royal Navy 1742 ships Ships built in Deptford