HMS St George (1701)

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English White Ensign 1620.svgEngland
NameHMS St George
Acquired1701
FateDeliberately sunk 1716
General characteristics [1] [2]
Class and typeHulk
Tons burthen654 (bm)
Length
  • Overall:132 ft 0 in (40.2 m)
  • Keel:106 ft 4 in (32.4 m)
Beam34 ft 0 in (10.4 m)
Depth of hold16 ft 8 in (5.1 m)
NotesThis vessel was not William Dampier's St George. That St George was a privateer, [3] that Dampier abandoned on the coast of Peru in 1704.

HMS St George was a hulk at Harwich bought in 1701 from M. Stevens; [1] she was sunk on 20 February 1716 as a foundation for Chatham Dockyard. [2]

Citations and references

Citations

  1. 1 2 "NMM, vessel ID 376598" (PDF). Warship Histories, vol x. National Maritime Museum. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
  2. 1 2 Colledge & Warlow (2006), p. 352.
  3. ↑ Russell (1894), p. 1894.

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