HMS Gloucester (1695)

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Name: HMS Gloucester
Builder: Clements, Bristol
Launched: 5 February 1695
Fate: Broken up, 1731
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 896 long tons (910.4 t)
Length: 145 ft 2 in (44.2 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 37 ft 5 in (11.4 m)
Depth of hold: 15 ft 8 in (4.8 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament: 60 guns of various weights of shot
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Gloucester.

HMS Gloucester was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Bristol on 5 February 1695.[1]

She was placed on harbour service in 1706, and was broken up in 1731.[1]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p163.

[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.
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