HMS Lichfield (1694)

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Name: HMS Lichfield
Builder: Stignant, Portsmouth Dockyard
Launched: 1694
Fate: Broken up, 1744
General characteristics as built[1]
Class and type: 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 682 long tons (692.9 t)
Length: 130 ft 3 in (39.7 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 34 ft 7.5 in (10.6 m)
Depth of hold: 13 ft 6 in (4.1 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament: 50 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1730 rebuild[2]
Class and type: 1719 Establishment 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 756 long tons (768.1 t)
Length: 134 ft (40.8 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 36 ft (11.0 m)
Depth of hold: 15 ft 2 in (4.6 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament: 50 guns of various weights of shot

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

She underwent a rebuild according to the 1719 Establishment at Plymouth, and was relaunched on 25 March 1730. Lichfield continued in service until 1744, when she was broken up.[2]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p164.
  2. ^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p170.

[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.