HMS Gloucester (1711)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Gloucester.
History
Great Britain
Name: HMS Gloucester
Builder: Allin, Deptford Dockyard
Launched: 4 October 1711
Fate: Burned to avoid capture, 1742
General characteristics as built[1]
Class & type: 1706 Establishment 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 714 tons bm
Length: 130 ft (39.6 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 35 ft (10.7 m)
Depth of hold: 14 ft (4.3 m)
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
General characteristics after 1737 rebuild[2]
Class & type: 1733 proposals 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 863 tons bm
Length: 134 ft (40.8 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 38 ft 6 in (11.7 m)
Depth of hold: 15 ft 9 in (4.8 m)
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 Gloucester was a 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Sir Joseph Allin to the 1706 Establishment of dimensions at Deptford Dockyard, and launched on 4 October 1711.[1]

On 22 May 1733 Gloucester was ordered to be taken to pieces and rebuilt according to the 1733 proposals of the 1719 Establishment at Sheerness, from where she was relaunched on 22 March 1737.[2]

Fate

In 1742 Gloucester was damaged in a storm, and she was burned in order to avoid her being captured.[2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p168.
  2. 1 2 3 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p171.

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.


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