HMS Romney (1694)

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Name: HMS Romney
Builder: Johnson, Blackwall
Launched: 1694
Fate: Wrecked, 1707
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 683 long tons (694.0 t)
Length: 130 ft 0.5 in (39.6 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 34 ft 4 in (10.5 m)
Depth of hold: 13 ft 7 in (4.1 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament: 50 guns of various weights of shot

HMS Romney was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Blackwall in 1694.[1]

Romney was wrecked in 1707.[1]

[edit] Notes

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

[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.