HMS Burford (1679)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Burford.
Career (Great Britain)
Name: HMS Burford
Builder: Thomas Shish, Woolwich Dockyard
Launched: 1679
Fate: Wrecked, 1719
General characteristics as built[1]
Class and type:70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:1,174 long tons (1,192.8 t)
Length:152 ft 4 in (46.4 m) (gundeck)
Beam:40 ft 10.5 in (12.5 m)
Depth of hold:17 ft 3 in (5.3 m)
Propulsion:Sails
Sail plan:Full rigged ship
Armament:70 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1699 rebuild[2]
Class and type:70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:1,113 long tons (1,130.9 t)
Length:152 ft 3 in (46.4 m) (gundeck)
Beam:40 ft 8.75 in (12.4 m)
Depth of hold:16 ft 4 in (5.0 m)
Propulsion:Sails
Sail plan:Full rigged ship
Armament:70 guns of various weights of shot

HMS Burford was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Woolwich Dockyard in 1679.[1]

She was rebuilt at Deptford in 1699, remaining as a 70-gun third rate.[2]

Burford was wrecked on February 14, 1719 after running aground at an unspecified location on the Italian coast.[2]

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 162.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 166.

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.
  • Phillips Michael; Colledge & Warlow, Ships of the Royal Navy