HMS Charles (1668)

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Career (Great Britain)

Name:	HMS Charles
Builder:	Shish, Deptford Dockyard
Launched:	1668
Renamed:	HMS St George, 1701
Fate:	Broken up, 1774
General characteristics as built^[1]
Class and type:	96-gun second rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	1229 tons (1248.7 tonnes)
Length:	128 ft (39 m) (keel)
Beam:	42 ft 6 in (13.0 m)
Depth of hold:	18 ft 6 in (5.6 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	96 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1701 rebuild^[2]
Class and type:	90-gun second rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	1470 tons (1493.6 tonnes)
Length:	162 ft 6 in (49.5 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	45 ft 5 in (13.8 m)
Depth of hold:	18 ft 7 in (5.7 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	90 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1740 rebuild^[3]
Class and type:	90-gun second rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	1655 tons (1681.6 tonnes)
Length:	166 ft (51 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	47 ft 9 in (14.6 m)
Depth of hold:	19 ft 6 in (5.9 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	90 guns of various weights of shot

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Charles and HMS St George.

HMS Charles was 96-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Jonas Shish at Deptford Dockyard, and launched in 1668.

In 1701, Charles was renamed HMS St George and rebuilt at Portsmouth Dockyard as a 90-gun second rate. St George was ordered to be taken to pieces for a second time at Portsmouth on 4 September 1733, and relaunched on 3 April 1740.

She was broken up in 1774.