HMS Hope (1678)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Hope.
Career (England)
Name: HMS Hope
Builder: Castle, Deptford Dockyard
Launched: 1678
Captured: 1695
General characteristics as built[1]
Class and type:70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:1,058 long tons (1,075.0 t)
Length:151 ft 5 in (46.2 m) (gundeck)
Beam:40 ft (12.2 m)
Depth of hold:16 ft 9 in (5.1 m)
Propulsion:Sails
Sail plan:Full rigged ship
Armament:70 guns of various weights of shot

HMS Hope was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the English Royal Navy, launched at Deptford Dockyard in 1678.[1]

Hope was captured in 1695.[1]

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p162.

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.