HMS Woolwich (1675)

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Name: HMS Woolwich
Builder: Phineas Pett III, Woolwich Dockyard
Launched: 1675
General characteristics as built[1]
Class and type: 54-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 761 tons (773.2 tonnes)
Length: 112 ft (34 m) (keel)
Beam: 35 ft 9 in (10.9 m)
Depth of hold: 15 ft (4.6 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament: 54 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1702 rebuild
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
General characteristics after 1741 rebuild[2]
Class and type: 1733 proposals 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 866 tons (879.9 tonnes)
Length: 134 ft (41 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 38 ft 6 in (11.7 m)
Depth of hold: 15 ft 9 in (4.8 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament: 50 guns of various weights of shot

HMS Woolwich was a 54-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Phineas Pett III at Woolwich Dockyard and launched in 1675.[1] She underwent a rebuild in 1702.[1]

On 10 June 1736 she was ordered to be taken to pieces at Deptford, and rebuilt to the lines of a 50-gun fourth rate according to the 1733 proposals of the 1719 Establishment. She was relaunched on 6 April 1741.[2]

Woolwich was broken up in 1747.[2]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p161.
  2. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p171.

[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.