HMS Rippon (1712)

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Naval Ensign of Great Britain (1707-1800).svg Great Britain
NameHMS Rippon
BuilderAllin, Deptford Dockyard
Launched23 August 1712
FateBroken up, 1751
General characteristics as built [1]
Class and type 1706 Establishment 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen924 tons BM
Length144 ft (43.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam38 ft (11.6 m)
Depth of hold15 ft 8 in (4.8 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament
  • 60 guns:
  • Gundeck: 24 × 24-pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 9-pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 8 × 6-pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6-pdrs
General characteristics after 1735 rebuild [2]
Class and type60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1,021 bm
Length145 ft (44.2 m) (gundeck)
Beam40 ft (12.2 m)
Depth of hold16 ft 5 in (5.0 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament60 guns of various weights of shot

HMS Rippon was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Joseph Allin the elder at Deptford Dockyard and launched on 23 August 1712. [1]

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Orders were issued on 23 June 1730 directing that Rippon be taken to pieces and rebuilt at Woolwich. Unlike almost every other ship of the line rebuild of the time, Rippon was not reconstructed to the dimensions laid out in the naval establishments, though the differences were not pronounced. As an experiment into increasing the sizes of the Royal Navy's ships in response to the growth of foreign vessels Rippon had one foot added to the gundeck and keel lengths, and the breadth. In addition Centurion, a new-built ship, had previously been built with one foot great breadth over the standard dimensions of the 1719 Establishment. [3] She was relaunched on 29 March 1735. [2]

Rippon served until 1751, when she was broken up. [2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p168.
  2. 1 2 3 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p170.
  3. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p81.

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