HMS St David (1667)

HMS St David was a 54-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the English Royal Navy, launched in 1667 at Lydney.[1]

‘St David’, 54-gun fourth-rate, built 1667, sunk 1689. Only the foremost gun deck port is shown. (Willem van de Velde, 1675)
History
Royal Navy EnsignEngland
NameHMS St David
BuilderFurzer, Lydney
Launched1667
FateWrecked, 11th Nov. 1689
General characteristics
Class and type54-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen685 tons
Length107 ft (33 m) (keel)
Beam34 ft 9 in (10.59 m)
Depth of hold14 ft 8 in (4.47 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament54 guns of various weights of shot
St David in an action of the English Succession

She foundered in Portsmouth Harbour in 1689 [2] and was raised in 1691 under the supervision of Edmund Dummer, Surveyor of the Navy.

The ship was later hulked and finally sold in 1713.

Notes

  1. Lavery 2003, p. 161.
  2. ADM 106/390/13

References

  • Lavery, Brian (2003). The Ship of the Line: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Vol. 1. Conway Maritime Press. p. 224. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.


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