HMS Pendennis (1695)

Career (England)
Name: HMS Pendennis
Ordered: 18 November 1694
Builder: Robert & John Castle, Deptford
Launched: 15 October 1695
Commissioned: 1695
Captured: 20 October 1705
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 681 long tons (691.9 t)
Length: 130 ft 2.5 in (39.7 m) (gundeck)
109 ft 2.5 in (33.3 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 34 ft 3.5 in (10.5 m)
Depth of hold: 13 ft 6.5 in (4.1 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament: 50 guns of various weights of shot

HMS Pendennis was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the English Royal Navy, built by Robert and John Castle at Deptford, and launched in 1695.[1]

The Pendennis was captured by two French 50-gun ships off the Dogger Bank in October 1705.[1]

Notes

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

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.
  • Winfield, Rif (2009) British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603-1714: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-848320040-6.