HMS Lancaster (1694)

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Career (Great Britain)

Name:	HMS Lancaster
Builder:	Wyatt, Bursledon
Launched:	3 April 1694
Fate:	Broken up, 1773
General characteristics as built^[1]
Class and type:	80-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	1,198 long tons (1,217.2 t)
Length:	156 ft 1 in (47.6 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	41 ft 10 in (12.8 m)
Depth of hold:	18 ft 6 in (5.6 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	80 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1722 rebuild^[2]
Class and type:	1719 Establishment 80-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	1,366 long tons (1,387.9 t)
Length:	158 ft (48.2 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	44 ft 6 in (13.6 m)
Depth of hold:	18 ft 2 in (5.5 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	80 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1749 rebuild^[3]
Class and type:	1741 proposals 66-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	1,478 long tons (1,501.7 t)
Length:	161 ft (49.1 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	46 ft (14.0 m)
Depth of hold:	19 ft 4 in (5.9 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	66 guns: Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs Upper gundeck: 26 × 18 pdrs Quarterdeck: 10 × 9 pdrs Forecastle: 4 × 9 pdrs

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

HMS Lancaster was an 80-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Bursledon on 3 April 1694.^[1]

She was rebuilt according to the 1719 Establishment at Portsmouth, from where she was relaunched on 1 September 1722. After this time, her armament of 80 guns, previously carried on two gundecks, was carried on three, though she continued to be classified as a third rate.^[2] On 15 February 1743 she was ordered to be taken to pieces and rebuilt at Woolwich Dockyard as a 66-gun third rate according to the 1741 proposals of the 1719 Establishment. This rebuild returned her to a two-decker, and she was relaunched on 22 April 1749.^[3]

Lancaster was broken up in 1773.^[3]