HMS Southampton (1693)

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NameHMS Southampton
Ordered13 July 1692
BuilderJohn Winter, Southampton
Launched10 June 1693
FateBroken up, 1771
General characteristics as built [1]
Class and type50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen608 83⁄94 bm
Length121 ft 9 in (37.1 m) (gundeck) 100 ft (30.5 m) (keel
Beam33 ft 10 in (10.3 m)
Depth of hold13 ft 9 in (4.2 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 1700 rebuild [2]
Class and type54-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen635 88⁄94 bm
Length122 ft 3 in (37.3 m) (gundeck) 102 ft 2 in (31.1 m) (keel)
Beam34 ft 2.5 in (10.4 m)
Depth of hold13 ft 2 in (4.0 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament54 guns of various weights of shot

HMS Southampton was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, ordered to be built by commercial contract by John Winter at Chapel, Southampton [3] (ordered on the same day as the similar Portland from Woolwich Dockyard). The Southampton was launched on 10 June 1693. [1]

On 29 April 1699 she was ordered to be taken apart at Deptford Dockyard to be rebuilt, and was re-launched there in 1700 as a fourth rate of 54 guns (reduced to 46 guns during peacetime). The Southampton was refitted and re-classed as a 40-gun Fifth Rate in 1716, had a large repair at Chatham Dockyard from 1722 to 1724, was removed from service and hulked at Port Antonio (Jamaica) in 1728, and continued in this role until 1771, when she was broken up. [2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Rif Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603–1714, p.133.
  2. 1 2 Rif Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603–1714, p.139.
  3. ↑ A. J. Holland, Ships of British Oak (David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1971. ISBN   0-7153-5344-6.

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