Medway plan of the 1718 rebuild
History
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
NameHMS Medway
BuilderFurzer, Sheerness Dockyard
Launched20 September 1693
FateBroken up, 1749
General characteristics as built[1]
Class and type60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen914 bm
Length145 ft 3 in (44.3 m) (gundeck)
Beam38 ft (11.6 m)
Depth of hold15 ft 7 in (4.7 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament60 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1718 rebuild[2]
Class and type1706 Establishment 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen914 bm
Length144 ft (43.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam38 ft (11.6 m)
Depth of hold15 ft 8 in (4.8 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • 60 guns:
  • Gundeck: 24 × 24 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 9 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 8 × 6 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

HMS Medway was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Sheerness Dockyard on 20 September 1693.[1]

Medway, together with Chatham and Triton, captured the French Auguste on 19 August 1705.[3]

She was rebuilt according to the 1706 Establishment at Deptford Dockyard, and relaunched on 1 August 1718. Medway was hulked in 1740.[2]

She was eventually broken up in 1749.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p163.
  2. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p168.
  3. ^ Roche (2005), p. 57.

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.
  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005) Dictionnaire des Bâtiments de la Flotte de Guerre Française de Colbert à nos Jours. (Group Retozel-Maury Millau), Vol. 1.


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