HMS Deptford (1687)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Deptford.
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 bm
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 bm
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]

She was captained in 1710 by Sir Tancred Robinson.[4]

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

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 162.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 167.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 168.
  4. "Sir Tancred Robinson (d. 1754)". Retrieved 3 December 2013.

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.