HMS Cambridge (1666)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Cambridge.
Career (England)
Name: HMS Cambridge
Builder: Jonas Shish, Deptford Dockyard
Launched: 1666
Fate: Wrecked, 1694
General characteristics [1]
Class and type:70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:881
Length:121 ft (37 m) (keel)
Beam:37 ft 10 in (11.53 m)
Depth of hold:16 ft 4 in (4.98 m)
Propulsion:Sails
Sail plan:Full rigged ship
Armament:70 guns of various weights of shot

HMS Cambridge was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched in 1666 at Deptford Dockyard.[1]

Cambridge was wrecked in 1694.[1]

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 161.

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.