HMS Severn (1695)

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Severn plan of the 1739 rebuild
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NameHMS Severn
Ordered16 November 1693
BuilderSir Henry Johnson, Blackwall Yard
Launched16 September 1695
Commissioned1696
Captured1746
General characteristics as built [1]
Class and type50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen683 41⁄94 bm
Length131 ft 3 in (40.0 m) (gundeck) 109 ft (33.2 m) (keel)
Beam34 ft 4 in (10.5 m)
Depth of hold13 ft 6 in (4.1 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament
  • 50 guns:
  • Gundeck: 20 × 12 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 22 × 9 pdrs (demi-culverins)
  • Quarterdeck: 6 × 4 pdrs (minions)
  • Forecastle: 2 × 4 pdrs (minions)
General characteristics after 1739 rebuild [2]
Class and type 1733 proposals 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen853 44⁄94 bm
Length134 ft (40.8 m) (gundeck) 108 ft 3 in (33.0 m) (keel)
Beam38 ft 6 in (11.7 m)
Depth of hold15 ft 9 in (4.8 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 Severn (sometimes spelt "Severne") was a 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Sir Henry Johnson's Blackwall Yard on 16 September 1695 (along with her sistership, the Burlington). The commercial contract had originally been agreed with Johnson on 16 November 1693 (for four ships - the Romney and Colchester, as well as the Severn and Burlington), but the latter two were delayed and a fresh contract for them agreed on 7 December 1694. [1]

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On 13 May 1734, orders were issued for Severn to be taken to pieces and rebuilt at Plymouth according to the 1733 proposals of the 1719 Establishment. Severn was re-launched on 28 March 1739, and served until 18 October 1746, when (under the command of Captain William Lisle) she was captured by the French 70-gun ships Terrible and Neptune in the Channel, southwest of the Isles of Scilly in defending a homebound convoy. [2]

Severn (far left), was recaptured by the British at the second Battle of Cape Finisterre on 25 October 1747 Trois vaisseaux francais captures a la bataille du cap finisterre oct 1747.jpg
Severn (far left), was recaptured by the British at the second Battle of Cape Finisterre on 25 October 1747

Severn was captured back by the British at the second Battle of Cape Finisterre on 25 October 1747; but not taken back into service and instead taken to pieces in that year.

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Notes

  1. 1 2 Rif Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail: 1603-1714, p.135.
  2. 1 2 Rif Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail: 1714-1792, p.147.

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