HMS Hampshire (1698)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Hampshire.
Career (Great Britain)
Name: HMS Hampshire
Ordered: 1695
Builder: Taylor, Nelson Dock, Rotherhithe
Launched: 3 March 1698
Fate: Broken up, 1739
General characteristics [1]
Class and type:50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:690 long tons (701.1 t)
Length:132 ft (40.2 m) (gundeck)
Beam:34 ft 3 in (10.4 m)
Depth of hold:13 ft 8 in (4.2 m)
Propulsion:Sails
Sail plan:Full rigged ship
Armament:50 guns of various weights of shot

HMS Hampshire was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 3 March 1698 at Nelson Dock, Rotherhithe.[1]

Hampshire was broken up in 1739.[1]

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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.