HMS Colchester (1694)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Colchester.
Career (England)
Name: HMS Colchester
Ordered: 1693
Builder: Johnson, Blackwall Yard
Launched: 1694
Fate: Foundered in Whitesand Bay, Cornwall, 1704
General characteristics [1]
Class and type:50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:696 long tons (707.2 t)
Length:131 ft 4 in (40.0 m) (gundeck)
Beam:34 ft 3 in (10.4 m)
Depth of hold:13 ft 7 in (4.1 m)
Propulsion:Sails
Sail plan:Full rigged ship
Armament:50 guns of various weights of shot

HMS Colchester was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the English Royal Navy, launched at Blackwall Yard in 1694.[1] She foundered at Whitesand Bay, Sennen Cove on 16 January 1704 with the loss of approximately one hundred lives.[2]

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol. 1, p. 164.
  2. ↑ Larn, Richard; Larn, Bridget (1997). Shipwreck Index of the British Isles. London: Lloyd's Register of Shipping.

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.