HMS Deptford (1687)

Career (Great Britain)
Name: HMS Deptford
Builder: Thomas Shish, Woolwich Dockyard
Launched: 1687
Fate: Sold, c.1725
General characteristics as built[1]
Class and type: 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 644 long tons (654.3 t)
Length: 125 ft (38.1 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 33 ft 6 in (10.2 m)
Depth of hold: 13 ft 11 in (4.2 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament: 50 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1700 rebuild[2]
Class and type: 46- to 54-gun fourth-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 669 long tons (679.7 t)
Length: 128 ft 4 in (39.1 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 34 ft 4 in (10.5 m)
Depth of hold: 13 ft 5 in (4.1 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament: 46-54 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1719 rebuild[3]
Class and type: 1706 Establishment 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 711 long tons (722.4 t)
Length: 130 ft (39.6 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 35 ft (10.7 m)
Depth of hold: 14 ft (4.3 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:

50 guns:

  • Gundeck: 22 × 18 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 22 × 9 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 6 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

HMS Deptford was a 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Woolwich Dockyard in 1687.[1]

She underwent her first rebuild at Woolwich in 1700 as a fourth rate of between 46 and 54 guns.[2] Her second rebuild took place at Portsmouth Dockyard, where she was reconstructed as a 50-gun fourth rate to the 1706 Establishment and relaunched on 19 June 1719.[3]

Deptford was sold out of the navy c.1725.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 162.
  2. ^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 167.
  3. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 168.

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.