HMS Medway (1693)
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Name: | HMS Medway |
Builder: | Furzer, Sheerness Dockyard |
Launched: | 20 September 1693 |
Fate: | Broken up, 1749 |
General characteristics as built[1] | |
Class and type: | 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen: | 914 long tons (928.7 t) |
Length: | 145 ft 3 in (44.3 m) (gundeck) |
Beam: | 38 ft (11.6 m) |
Depth of hold: | 15 ft 7 in (4.7 m) |
Propulsion: | Sails |
Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
Armament: | 60 guns of various weights of shot |
General characteristics after 1718 rebuild[2] | |
Class and type: | 1706 Establishment 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen: | 914 long tons (928.7 t) |
Length: | 144 ft (43.9 m) (gundeck) |
Beam: | 38 ft (11.6 m) |
Depth of hold: | 15 ft 8 in (4.8 m) |
Propulsion: | Sails |
Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
Armament: |
60 guns:
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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]
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]
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- 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.