HMS Lichfield (1695)
HMS Lichfield was a 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Portsmouth Dockyard and launched on 4 February 1695.[note 1][3]
_(alternative_spelling-_Litchfield)_RMG_J4031.jpg.webp) Lichfield, plan of the 1730 rebuild | |
| History | |
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| Name | HMS Lichfield |
| Ordered | 16 November 1693 |
| Builder | William Stignant, Portsmouth Dockyard |
| Launched | 4 February 1695 |
| Out of service | February 1715 |
| Fate | Broken up, 1744 |
| General characteristics as built[1] | |
| Class and type | 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 682 |
| Length | 130 ft 3 in (39.7 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 34 ft 7.5 in (10.6 m) |
| Depth of hold | 13 ft 6 in (4.1 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Armament | 50 guns of various weights of shot |
| General characteristics after 1730 rebuild[2] | |
| Class and type | 1719 Establishment 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 756 |
| Length | 134 ft (40.8 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 36 ft (11.0 m) |
| Depth of hold | 15 ft 2 in (4.6 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
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She underwent a rebuild according to the 1719 Establishment at Plymouth, and was relaunched on 25 March 1730. Lichfield continued in service until 1744, when she was broken up.[2]
Notes
- J. J. Colledge's Ships of the Royal Navy and Brian Lavery's The Ship of the Line list a launch year of 1694, but later research by Rif Winfield and James Goss indicates a date of 4 February 1695.
Citations
- Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p164.
- Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p170.
- Winfield, The 50-gun Ship
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.
- Rif Winfield, The 50-gun Ship, Chatham Publishing, 1997. ISBN 1-86176-025-6
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
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