HMS Anglesea (1694)

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Name: HMS Anglesea
Ordered: 1693
Builder: Waffe, Plymouth Dockyard
Launched: 1694
General characteristics as built[1]
Class and type: 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 620 long tons (629.9 t)
Length: 125 ft (38.1 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 33 ft 2 in (10.1 m)
Depth of hold: 14 ft (4.3 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament: 50 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1725 rebuild
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship

HMS Anglesea was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Plymouth Dockyard in 1694.[1]

Anglesea was reduced to a fifth rate in 1719, and underwent a rebuild in 1725.[1]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p164.

[edit] References

  • 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.