HMS Canterbury (1693)

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Name:	HMS Canterbury
Builder:	Snelgrove, Deptford
Launched:	18 December 1693
Fate:	Broken up, 1770
General characteristics as built^[1]
Class and type:	60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	903 long tons (917.5 t)
Length:	144 ft 9 in (44.1 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	38 ft 1.5 in (11.6 m)
Depth of hold:	15 ft 7 in (4.7 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	60 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1722 rebuild^[2]
Class and type:	1719 Establishment 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	964 long tons (979.5 t)
Length:	144 ft (43.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	39 ft (11.9 m)
Depth of hold:	16 ft 5 in (5.0 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	60 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1744 rebuild^[3]
Class and type:	1741 proposals 58-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	1,117 long tons (1,134.9 t)
Length:	147 ft (44.8 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	42 ft (12.8 m)
Depth of hold:	18 ft 1 in (5.5 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	58 guns: Gundeck: 24 × 24 pdrs Upper gundeck: 24 × 12 pdrs Quarterdeck: 8 × 6 pdrs Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Canterbury.

HMS Canterbury was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Deptford on 18 December 1693.^[1]

She was rebuilt at Portsmouth according to the 1719 Establishment, and was relaunched on 15 September 1722.^[2] On 25 April 1741, she was ordered to be taken to pieces and rebuilt at Plymouth Dockyard as a 58-gun fourth rate according to the 1741 proposals of the 1719 Establishment. She was relaunched on 5 February 1744.^[3]

Canterbury was placed on harbour service in 1761, and was broken up in 1770.^[3]