HMS Romney (1708)

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NameHMS Romney
BuilderAllin, Deptford Dockyard
Launched2 December 1708
FateSold, 1757
General characteristics as built [1]
Class and type 1706 Establishment 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen710
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
General characteristics after 1726 rebuild [2]
Class and type 1719 Establishment 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen756
Length134 ft (40.8 m) (gundeck)
Beam36 ft (11.0 m)
Depth of hold15 ft 2 in (4.6 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 Romney was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Sir Joseph Allin to the 1706 Establishment at Deptford Dockyard, and launched on 2 December 1708. [1]

On 11 June 1723 orders were issued for Romney to be taken to pieces and rebuilt at Deptford according to the 1719 Establishment, and she was relaunched on 17 October 1726. [2]

Romney was sold out of the navy in 1757. [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.

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