Watson. She sailed on 23 July 1739 for Finisterre and on to the West Indies, fighting at the capture of Puerto Bello on 21 November 1739. Captain Thomas Griffin commanded her in 1740 and she was part of the Cartagena operations from 9 March to 7 May 1740. In November 1741 she was back in Chatham Dockyard to commence a Great Repair finishing in September 1742 and costing £17,747.10.11d. After this repair she was sent back to the West Indies under Captain Edward Lushington and participated in the attack on La Guayra on 18 February 1743 in the squadron commanded by Captain Charles Knowles of HMS Suffolk. In this action Lushington was mortally wounded, 24 men were killed and 49 wounded – her captain died on 22 February. Her next engagement was in same squadron during the disastrous attack on Porto Cabello on 16 and 24 April 1743 under her new captain, Edward Smith, who died on 18 April and was replaced by Captain Richard Watkins. By August 1744 she was in the Mediterranean under Captain John Bentley. She returned home from the Mediterranean in 1748 to pay off for the last time. Fate Burford was surveyed on 18 September 1752 and broken up at Chatham docked by Admiralty Order on 27 September 1752, a process completed by October of the same year. Battle honour The second Burford won a single battle honour: Puerto Bello 1739. Notes References Clowes, William Laird (1898) The Royal Navy: A History from the Earliest Times to the Present, vol. 3. Sampson Low, Marston and Co. Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650–1850. Conway Maritime Press. . Biography: John Byng . Royal Naval Museum at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. Retrieved 31 July 2008. Nathaniel Dance et al..... Mallett Antiques. Retrieved 31 July 2008. Winfield, Rif (2007) British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714–1792. Seaforth Publishing. . Warlow, Ben (2004) Battle Honours of the Royal Navy. Maritime Books. . External links Ships of the line of the Royal Navy 1720s ships