HMS Strafford (1714)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Strafford (1735).
Career (Great Britain)
Name: HMS Strafford
Builder: Phillips, Plymouth Dockyard
Launched: 16 July 1714
Fate: Broken up, 1733
General characteristics [1]
Class and type:1706 Establishment 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:703 bm
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 Strafford was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built to the 1706 Establishment at Plymouth Dockyard, and launched on 16 July 1714.[1]

Strafford served until 1733, when she was broken up.[1]

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p168.

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.