HMS Rochester (1693)

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NameHMS Rochester
BuilderLee, Chatham Dockyard
Launched1693
RenamedHMS Maidstone, 1716
FateBroken up, 1748
General characteristics as built [1]
Class and type50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen607 bm
Length125 ft 5 in (38.2 m) (gundeck)
Beam32 ft 8 in (10.0 m)
Depth of hold13 ft 6 in (4.1 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament50 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1716 rebuild [2]
Class and type 1706 Establishment 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen756 bm
Length130 ft (39.6 m) (gundeck)
Beam35 ft (10.7 m)
Depth of hold14 ft (4.3 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament
  • 50 guns:
  • Gundeck: 22 × 18 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 22 × 9 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 6 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

HMS Rochester was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Chatham Dockyard in 1693. [1]

She was rebuilt to the 1706 Establishment at Deptford Dockyard, and was relaunched on 19 March 1716. In 1744 she was renamed HMS Maidstone, and converted for use as a hospital ship. Maidstone was broken up in 1748. [2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p164.
  2. 1 2 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p168.

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