HMS Anglesea (1694)
HMS Anglesea (referred to as HMS Anglesey on occasion) was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Plymouth Dockyard in 1694.[1]
| History | |
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| Name | HMS Anglesea |
| Ordered | 1693 |
| Builder | Waffe, Plymouth Dockyard |
| Launched | 1694 |
| General characteristics as built[1] | |
| Class and type | 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 620 tons bm |
| Length | 125 ft (38.1 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 33 ft 2 in (10.1 m) |
| Depth of hold | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Armament | 50 guns of various weights of shot |
| General characteristics after 1725 rebuild | |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Anglesea was one of four ships sent to Madagascar on an anti-piracy mission under Thomas Warren in 1699.[2]
Anglesea was reduced to a fifth rate in 1719, and underwent a rebuild in 1725.[1]
Notes
- Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 164.
- Grey, Charles (1933). Pirates of the Eastern Seas (1618-1723) A Lurid page of History. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd. p. 220.
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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