HMS Coventry (1695)

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English Red Ensign 1620.svg England
NameHMS Coventry
Ordered1693
BuilderHarding, Deptford Dockyard
Launched1695
Captured1704
General characteristics [1]
Class and type50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen670
Length106 ft (32.3 m) (keel)
Beam34 ft 5 in (10.5 m)
Depth of hold13 ft 6 in (4.1 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament50 guns of various weights of shot

HMS Coventry was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the English Royal Navy, launched at Deptford Dockyard in 1695. [1]

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The French 54-gun Auguste, together with the 54-gun Jason, captured Coventry in September 1704. [1] [2]

On 17 March 1709, Portland recaptured Coventry. [3]

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Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol. 1, p. 164.
  2. Roche (2005), p.57.
  3. Roche (2005), p.134.

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