HMS Lincoln (1695)

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NameHMS Lincoln
Ordered16 November 1693
BuilderJoseph Lawrence, Woolwich Dockyard
Launched19 September 1695
FateDisappeared, presumed foundered in a storm, 29 January 1703
General characteristics [1]
Class and type50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen675 9194 bm
Length130 ft 7 in (39.8 m) (gundeck) 108 ft 4 in (33.0 m) (keel)
Beam34 ft 3.5 in (10.5 m)
Depth of hold13 ft 6.5 in (4.1 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament

HMS Lincoln was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the English Royal Navy, one of five such ships authorised on 16 November 1693 (three to be built in different Royal Dockyards and two to be built by commercial contract. The Lincoln was built by Master Shipwright Joseph Lawewence at Woolwich Dockyard and was launched on 19 September 1695. [1]

Lincoln disappeared in the North Sea on 29 January 1703, after sailing from Great Yarmouth under the command of Captain Henry Middleton, and was presumed to have foundered with all hands in a storm. [1] [4]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Rif Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail: 1603-1714, p.134.
  2. The Lincoln was intended to have eight minions on her quarterdeck and forecastle, but according to the 1696 Survey of Guns she was only carrying two of these at that date.
  3. Adrian B. Caruana, The History of English Sea Ordnance 1523-1875: Volume 1, The Age of Evolution 1523-1715 (Jean Boudriot Publications, Rotherfield, East Sussex, 1994) ISBN   0-948864-20-6.
  4. David J. Hepper, British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail 1650-1859 (Jean Boudriot Publications, Rotherfield, East Sussex, 1994) ISBN   0-948864-30-3.

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