Career (England) | |
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Name: | HMS Anne |
Builder: | Phineas Pett II, Chatham Dockyard |
Launched: | 1678 |
Honours and awards: |
Participated in: Battle of Beachy Head |
Fate: | Burnt, 1690 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type: | 70-gun third rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen: | 1,089 long tons (1,106.5 t) |
Length: | 150 ft 10 in (46.0 m) (gundeck) |
Beam: | 40 ft (12.2 m) |
Depth of hold: | 17 ft (5.2 m) |
Propulsion: | Sails |
Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
Armament: | 70 guns of various weights of shot |
HMS Anne was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the English Royal Navy, built by Phineas Pett II at Chatham Dockyard and launched in 1678.[1]
She took part in the Battle of Beachy Head in 1690, but was burnt after the battle.[1] The remains, on the low water mark of the beach near Pett Level, East Sussex, were designated under the British Protection of Wrecks Act on 20 June 1974.